At 207 feet, one of the world's longest continuous escalators.

Rumor has it the hot dog stand was targeted by two Russian nuclear missiles.

The taxidermy remains of the most popular pony in children's literature.

The land is home to swimming ponies and a legendary 18th-century treasure.

A Maryland museum dedicated to Black history, housed in a historic church.

Rediscovered after a century, the father of the American Navy was reinterred in something dredged up from Davy Jones' Locker.

This elaborate towering structure was once famed for its revolutionary height.

A 200-year-old bar with a cheeky name claims to have served Edgar Allan Poe his final drink.

Meet some of the most prominent figures in Black history through life-sized wax models.

A blank headstone topped with a pile of pennies marks the final resting place of the infamous assassin.

Once America's tallest structure, now a Baltimore landmark.

This bug-eyed water wheel uses the power of the Sun to clean up Baltimore Harbor.

Read a book next to a Midtown waterfall.

One of the last few places in Manhattan that employed a pneumatic systemic keeps it on display.

A Pythagorean funhouse that tries, successfully, to prove that math is the coolest thing ever.

Rummage through this sunken ship, but leave your scuba gear at home.

Elevated freight railway turned wildly successful urban park.

Great place to have a drink and a bite to eat in an atmosphere laden with New York's Bohemian past.

A popular European tradition makes its way to the states on one of America's most famous bridges.

Visit the monolithic tomb of America's most famous general.

The rough and tumble president's childhood home displays the shirt he was once shot in and the speech that saved him.

Touching mementoes from those who didn't make it back from World War I still hang in one of New York's oldest bars.

A terrific purveyor of natural history objects and curios.

This beautiful building in the heart of Manhattan's Financial District was empty for decades.