A retired tobacco farmer's pet project turned into a sturdy miniature city.

A historic covered bridge, only one of two remaining in North Carolina.

A psychological self-portrait in the form of a giant, segmented head.

This bright yellow relic is the final survivor of a short burst of seashell-shaped petrol pumps.

Mysterious ancient boulder carved with petroglyphs in the mountains of Western North Carolina.

A sculptor's dream castle turned fantastical ruin.

Wall Street has a new heroine, a bronze statue of a small but fierce girl.

Surrounded by low rise buildings and partially converted into an auto body shop, this marble archway is the only vestige of a forgotten Manhattan estate.

Once considered the height of medical modernity, this structure is now the oldest remaining component of Roosevelt Hospital.

The highest point on the island known for buildings that touch the sky.

There must be a pun in this haystack somewhere...

Down a stairway in the East Village, you could once read a plaque describing an alternate history of a fictional version of Manhattan.

A small peaceful park and waterfall tucked amid the urban grind of Midtown Manhattan.

The only home that Alexander Hamilton ever owned has a history almost as troubled as his own.

New York's oldest and possibly grandest keeper of books.

This whimsical group of statues is a favorite of children who love to climb all over Lewis Carroll's beloved characters.

Love, knishes, and best wishes from this legendary Lower East Side bakery.

The former hotel where Tesla invented the radio.

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

Wine bottle sculpture with a ship's stateroom inside.

An uber-secure, windowless tower of doom in the center of Manhattan is an NSA spyscraper.

This unmarked and unloved Manhattan subway grate created one of the most iconic images in American cinema.

Blighted Irish field and the ruins of a 19th-century cottage on the edge of urban Manhattan.

Peek through the gates at this oasis from the city, full of Old English charm.