A pedestrian island in the middle of world-famous Times Square emits a strange (and purposeful) humming noise.

This historic address is home to the beloved ball and is an almost totally empty building among the most expensive real estate in the world.

The US Navy's only submarine museum is also home to the world's first nuclear submarine.

Oldest synagogue in the United States.

Three and a half miles of cliffs, rocky beaches, Gilded Age mansions and 40 Steps to nowhere in particular.

Macabre headstones carved with winged skulls, dancing skeletons, and pithy reminders of impending death.

The American Revolution was galvanized into serious action due to the tragic clash with British soldiers that occurred at this location.

An interesting decoration on this historic site, this weathervane comes with as many legends as it does questions.

A former waterfront market is now in the center of town due to some interesting Boston engineering.

Berthed at the Charlestown Navy Yard in Boston, "Old Ironsides" is the oldest commissioned warship still afloat.

This monument on Breed's Hill proves that one of the most famous battles of the Revolutionary War is misnamed.

This historic Victorian hotel has a scandalous history of affairs and murder.

This expansive bridge in the Canadian wilderness was originally just built for friends.

"Girl in a Wetsuit" is what happens when a sculptor has to find a way around a 100 year old copyright.

The first park built over a freeway is a brutalist masterwork.

This working class sculpture pounds his hammer all the livelong day.

A museum dedicated to the history and exploration of both popular music and science fiction.

Allowing humans and fish alike to migrate from freshwater to saltwater and back again.

A young botanist's horticultural vision realized through a lifetime of planting, tending, and collecting seeds.

A giant Troll lurks under one of Seattle's oldest bridges.

The highest point in Washington state is a volcano covered in glaciers.

This famous bridge twisted itself into oblivion, but not for the reason you might think.

The small town of Poulsbo in Washington state is the next best thing to the Kingdom of Norway.

City Council meetings still happen in this historic building, impeccably preserved on the inside.