A quiet and contemplative oasis in the middle of New York's bustle and riot.

Dedicated to one of the darkest moments in Irish history, this memorial has faced its fair share of backlash.

The inventor of the Coney Island hot dog rests in a grand mausoleum in Brooklyn.

America's oldest archaeological site or a muddled case of wishful thinking.

The poems Nathaniel Hawthorne and his wife Sophia etched into its windows are still visible today.

One of the largest festivals of flowers in North America takes place, appropriately, in the Flower City.

The home, museum, and death site of Kodak's influential founder.

It was an experiment to prove that glacial boulders and rocks can be used in constructions and dwelling.

Ironically this massive termite is the mascot for a company that is acclaimed for killing his kind.

This Rhode Island mansion was a stand-in for the exteriors of Collinwood in the original "Dark Shadows" series.

The final resting place of a wealthy landowner who helped create the largest public park in Western Massachusetts.

The sprawling, eccentric estate of Ames and Ames, a brilliant botanist, and a genius inventor and artist.

The only structure left with direct ties to the Salem witchcraft trials of 1692.

New York's southernmost subway station is whimsically wavy.

Two New York rooftops are home to the largest rooftop soil farms in the world.

An artist's cute bronze subway sculptures belie his violent artistic past.

This cemetery has graves dating back to the 17th century, including the city's oldest carved tombstone and an ominous cryptogram.

Elevated freight railway turned wildly successful urban park.

This quirky UFO-shaped curiosity is often mistaken for the airport’s control tower.

Hollywood's most famous landmark, the "temporary" sign that has stood for decades longer than intended.

Most famous work of one of Frank Lloyd Wright's sons.

This centerpiece of the Hollywood & Highland shopping center is a recreation of a long-lost movie set.

Hollywood's oldest hotel is the site of the first Academy Awards, the birthplace of Marilyn Monroe's career, and the home of Montgomery Clift's ghost.

Because there's no place like home.