The original toys that inspired the beloved children's stories are on display at the New York Public Library.

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

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

The "Seinfeld" diner.

A three-story copper skybridge connects two Manhattan buildings with Art Deco luxury.

Elevated freight railway turned wildly successful urban park.

This public art piece proves that in Portland even reporting the weather is a thing of whimsy.

Tiny horses tethered to antique rings are scattered around the city.

A sculpture of a salmon swimming through a brick building.

10,000 flowered plants bloom in the City of Roses.

Featuring a casually threatening atmosphere along with dessert and coffee to die for.

The magic's in the hole!

The seamy, underground secrets of Portland's criminal past.

A multi-storied adobe complex has been inhabited for more than a thousand years.

This opulent Pueblo Deco movie palace melds Art Deco and Native American motifs.

The official atomic museum of the United States explores the explosive and productive history of a much maligned energy source.

A small side chapel in Santa Fe's basilica is home to the oldest statute of the Virgin Mary in North America.

The oldest continuously occupied public building in the United States.

A natural formation that resembles a camel resting in the New Mexico desert.

This southwest-styled home in Santa Fe claims to be the oldest house in America thanks to an ancient bit of foundation.

Setting this massive marionette aflame rids Santa Fe of doom and gloom for another year.

Wedding chapel's mysterious spiral staircase said to be miraculously constructed.

An homage to the man who built California's version of Venice.

Founded by a high school teacher, this poetry magazine became a center for all things literary.