A former insane asylum despised by Nelly Bly and Charles Dickens is now fashionable apartments.

A crumbling hospital from the 1850s on Roosevelt Island.

A small Richmond island dotted with the remnants of hundreds of years of history.

The 28-foot granite map plots the locations of 40 theaters in New York City.

Twenty-eight years after this local landmark was washed ashore by hurricane Hugo, it was washed away by hurricane Irma.

I-95's Tijuana-style celebration of kitsch at the Carolina border.

One street divides a single town that stands in two U.S. states.

This giant iron playfully pays tribute to an early 20th-century architectural trend.

An unassuming secret door once led to a legendary watering hole.

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

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

This anonymous businessman sculpted in bronze became an enduring memorial after 9/11, and had been mistaken by rescue workers for a survivor in the rubble.

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

Manhattan’s Battery Park has a whimsical carousel full of spinning, glowing fish.

Dodge prohibitionists and slide through the telephone booth in Crif Dogs.

Elevated freight railway turned wildly successful urban park.

A former major munitions plant that has been converted into a sprawling art space.

Community bookshelf of 25-foot-tall book spines.

This stately clubhouse has showcased German-American culture for over a century.

Beautiful Gothic-inspired lighthouse stands out among the run-of-the-mill striped fare on Bodies Island.

One of the best places to see feral Colonial Spanish Mustangs in the United States.

One of the Seven Wonders of the Modern World holds the world's tallest metal staircase.

Heron, whitewater rapids, and urban industrialism all add to the beauty of this concrete nature walk.

Thomas Jefferson's estate is home to hundreds of varieties of historic fruits and vegetables.