This humble historic facade hides a history of boozing and the gentlemanly sport of rat-fighting.

The longest continuous underwater road in North America was built at the insistence of Franklin Roosevelt.

Spike Lee's provocative film is officially honored right where it was made, the first time a work of art was used as a secondary street name.

You can still ride this 100-year-old work of art in Brooklyn's largest public park.

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

A working metal shop and venue for outrageous art and music shows in a former cannonball factory.

A Bed-Stuy gymnasium that hosts expansive raves, performances, dance parties, and more.

This city park was once a lookout point for George Washington’s army during the Battle of Brooklyn in 1776.

A decommissioned military complex that's now a modern industrial park.

Tucked in a nondescript downtown Brooklyn mall is a bar containing a remarkable turn of the century anatomical wax collection last seen in 1920s Berlin.

An illegally built ramshackle mansion tucked in the middle of Brooklyn is now being turned into condominiums.

Haven for steampunks.

A modern zoetrope on the New York City subway.

Steam out your ears for New Year's Eve.

Frank Lloyd Wright's most iconic home dangles over a Pennsylvania waterfall.

The house that Frank Lloyd Wright "(shook) out of his sleeve at will" at the age of 86.

The site of the little-known Pennsylvania battle that sparked the Seven Years' War.

America's post-nuclear-attack chambers of Congress.

Near-constant high winds deform the trees on Spruce Knob, the highest point in West Virginia.

This rural community has attracted both scientists and techno-refugees due to its federally-mandated lack of technology.

The world's largest fully steerable radio telescope.

The hide of Stonewall Jackson's equine sidekick is on display not far from where the ashes of his bones are buried.

The iconic statue was moved to a new spot overlooking the James river after several years as a mascot for the local baseball team.

Forget Hollywood, one of the biggest stars in the world can be found in Roanoke, Virginia.