This shrine dedicated to the Virgin Mary is also a tribute from a mother to her fallen son.

An abandoned relic of the city's failed experiment with below ground transit.

A historic house in St. Louis was plagued by a series of suicides committed by family members involved in a successful brewery.

This urban drawbridge gained eternal pop culture fame when the Blues Brothers jumped it while it was raised.

A display of magnificent stained glass windows is the first exhibit of its kind.

Four glass boxes hover over 1,000 feet in the air to give visitors an unparalleled view of Chicago.

A Norwegian-born sculptor created these soaring guardian angels at the entrance to Hoover Dam.

A bronze plaque at an intersection in Hoboken marks the place where the game of baseball first took shape.

The world-record holder for the longest bridge stretching continuously over water.

The state's oldest continuously operating museum houses more than 5,000 Civil War artifacts.

This symbolic piece of New Orleans architecture is also home to a few ghastly stories.

A giant time capsule not scheduled to be cored until 2040.

The birthplace of American international flight service has been turned into a celebrity's microbrewery.

This general store is more than a century old and home to various oddities and antiques.

The beloved, war-tested mascot of a Union regiment graces their battlefield monument.

The last remnants of Fort Pitt also hold the distinction of being the oldest structure west of the Allegheny Mountains.

This icon of the Atomic Age now lays dormant.

Funded by John D. Rockefeller, this is one of the earliest, and most beautiful, shopping arcades in America.

Marvel at this turn-of-the-century masterpiece that has been turned into a rather stately supermarket.

Rows of 19th-century brick ovens used to process coal into coke form the center of a wooded park.

Locals call this magical moss-covered walkway the "Emerald Path."

Its original statue was deemed so ugly, locals called it “Scary Lucy.”

A particularly creepy abandoned hospital that sparks interest for lovers of the supernatural.

The failure of one component toppled this entire bridge during rush hour.