A toweringly silly piece of modern art has been delighting locals since the 1980s.

A giant toy jack made of numerous welded-together fire hydrants.

The sweetest graveyard in the world is filled with headstones for dearly de-pinted ice cream flavors.

One New Hampshire alleyway has become home to a public gallery of feline art.

This giant monument of the RCA mascot is a beloved fixture in Albany, New York.

The dairy farm in upstate New York where nearly half a million people gathered for three days of peace and music in 1969.

The world’s largest collection of Tiffany glass sits in a warehouse in Queens.

A collaborative art project that transformed a neighborhood in NYC's Queens.

Dedicated to the art and science of glass in equal measure, this space is as much laboratory as museum.

This subterranean oyster house has been the pearl of Grand Central Station since 1913.

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

The crown jewel of the Queens Museum is a nearly 10,000-square-foot architectural model of the city originally built for the 1964 World's Fair.

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

The remnants of two World's Fairs are here, complete with a 12-story globe, a mini-Manhattan, and a UFO-shaped pavilion.

Elevated freight railway turned wildly successful urban park.

An enormous, inside-out glass globe built in 1935.

This upscale streetwear store is hidden behind a fake Snapple machine in the back of a deli.

Eliot was the first missionary to produce religious text for Algonquians in their own language.

This supermarket is suspended 25 feet above an interstate highway.

This 38-drawer structure claims the superlative title, but it isn't the world's only giant filing cabinet.

A former poultry store that looks like a giant duck and is one of the "seven wonders" of Long Island.

This spectacular public market has got meat, fish, vegetables, baked goods, and enough kielbasa for a lifetime.

The home made famous by the 1983 holiday classic is now a perfectly preserved shrine to the movie.

Millions of numbers carved in glass represent the tattoos forced upon victims.