Rome, Italy
Fontana dell'Acqua Felice
A monumental fountain in Rome features a large statue of Moses that has been criticized for centuries.
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Rome, Italy
A monumental fountain in Rome features a large statue of Moses that has been criticized for centuries.
Las Cruces, New Mexico
The state bird of New Mexico, constructed entirely out of garbage.
Truth or Consequences, New Mexico
This quirky hot springs town known to locals as "T or C" was named after a radio show.
New York, New York
A masterpiece of LGBT art has been restored in what may now be the most valuable restroom in America.
Chicago, Illinois
The site of the first couple's first kiss is commemorated by the most adorable presidential monument ever.
Ohiopyle, Pennsylvania
The house that Frank Lloyd Wright "(shook) out of his sleeve at will" at the age of 86.
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
A local prank turned town icon.
New York, New York
A dark patch of the ceiling at Grand Central Terminal which was not restored is still stained brown by tobacco.
New Orleans, Louisiana
The only rotating bar in New Orleans has been slowly spinning since 1949.
New Orleans, Louisiana
A 200-year-old bar in the historic French Quarter refuses to give up its place in history, nor its role in securing ours.
Chicago, Illinois
The 606 is a decade in the making.
Portland, Oregon
An emporium for the weird, creepy, rare, and just plain gross.
Portland, Oregon
These old stone ruins in the Oregon wilderness were once bathrooms and are steeped in legends of murder.
Luray, Virginia
An organ located deep within a cave, whose "pipes" are the geological features of the cave itself.
New York, New York
A strangely angled West Village home is the only monument to an explosion that took the lives of three American revolutionaries.
New York, New York
The site of the deadly Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire.
New York, New York
This exemplar of modernist architecture is meant to captivate and inspire students of the Cooper Union.