Lie in a hammock where George Washington stood.

Lady Liberty's first beacon of enlightenment is now displayed in a museum near the statue.

This mosaic dedicated to John Lennon was tended for years by a Beatles super-fan.

Once the tallest building in the world and the site of "the highest dinner ever held in New York" this building now holds the most expensive penthouse in the city.

The oldest operating apothecary in the US has treated everyone from Thomas Edison to Mark Twain.

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

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

This cemetery has graves dating back to the 17th century, including the city's oldest carved tombstone and an ominous cryptogram.

This beautiful building in the heart of Manhattan's Financial District was empty for decades.

The oldest continuously occupied public building in the United States.

The state bird of New Mexico, constructed entirely out of garbage.

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

Some 2,000 carvings show this rare desert spring has been an oasis for travelers for over a thousand years.

Home of the International Space Hall of Fame.

This quirky hot springs town known to locals as "T or C" was named after a radio show.

A small metropolis of Pueblo cave dwellings have been carved right into the hillside of this national monument.

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

These Pre-Columbian petroglyphs contain representations of birds, deer, hunters, and even some early Native flute players.

Explore the largest pure gypsum deposit in the world, and go dune sledding while you're at it.

Infamous marsh filled with toxic waste, World War II-era London rubble, and dead mobsters galore.

The fifth-longest suspension bridge the world, connecting one Michigan peninsula to another.

Island where motor vehicles are banned -- home to the only carless highway in the United States.

One of the few working locomotive roundhouses in the United States.

The scarce remains of a sunken ship peek out from the sand on East Beach.