Fake subway tiles were installed to cover a design that resembled the Confederate flag—it's unclear if the resemblance was intentional.

A pedestrian island in the middle of world-famous Times Square emits a strange (and purposeful) humming noise.

The 28-foot granite map plots the locations of 40 theaters in New York City.

Though the case is scorched and the buttons half-melted, this hardy handheld gaming device can still run a game of Tetris.

This urban oasis is a marvelous meld of music and landscape architecture.

One of the Seven Wonders of the Modern World holds the world's tallest metal staircase.

This historic address is home to the beloved ball and is an almost totally empty building among the most expensive real estate in the world.

This translucent sculpture represents a quintessential component of New York City's skyline.

A historical home in upstate New York honors the work of John W. Jones, a formerly enslaved man who was a major agent for the Underground Railroad.

This formerly abandoned amusement park includes a classic carousel and a replica of Mark Twain's famous hut-like Elmira study.

The little-known final resting place of one of America's greatest writers.

The wooden octagon in which Huckleberry Finn and A Connecticut Yankee were born can still be visited in upstate New York.

All that remains of one of the Civil War's more deadly POW camps is a simple flagstone.

Dedicated to the art and science of glass in equal measure, this space is as much laboratory as museum.

A physical catalog of ceramics made by the now-defunct Celadon Terra Cotta company.

An off the grid woodland retreat that harkens back to days long forgotten.

A quaint village in Western New York named after Alexander Hamilton's beloved sister-in-law.

This museum pays tribute to the largest group in the Iroquois Confederacy.

Its original statue was deemed so ugly, locals called it “Scary Lucy.”

The first and only American institution dedicated to the enduring value of comedy in the United States.

This museum is dedicated to a Hollywood icon.

This institution pays tribute to an associate justice who protected civil rights and prosecuted Nazis.

This manor in the woods memorializes one of the greatest birders of a generation.

Historical marker that is a mini replica of the original in New York.