An extensive, if one-sided, history of U.S. law enforcement's war on drugs.

At 207 feet, one of the world's longest continuous escalators.

The narrowest house in America is seven feet of pure spite.

The ruins of this Thomas-Jefferson-designed mansion have been left to crumble since the Christmas Day they burnt down.

The final resting place of two (or three) presidents, one vampire, and 18,000 Confederate soldiers.

Swim or sail to this pie-slinging boat off the coast of St. Thomas.

The colonial city's social history is reflected in its fanciful door knockers.

Sacked by Vikings, blessed by William the Conqueror, dealt a fatal blow during the French Revolution—these ruins have seen it all.

More than half of this Indian palace is drowned but it looks all the more spectacular for it.

The longest continuous underwater road in North America was built at the insistence of Franklin Roosevelt.

The iconic Manhattan corner that was once the site of the Beastie Boys' fake clothing store.

The New York hotel where tragic visionary Nikola Tesla spent his final hours, destitute and alone but for the pigeons.

This sculpture by artist Fritz Keonig survived the 9/11 attacks and now stands as a monument to the victims.

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

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.

Tucked away amidst some of the most famous addresses in the world is New York's only fraction of a street.

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

The "Seinfeld" diner.

Try not to get slimed in Tribeca.

Elevated freight railway turned wildly successful urban park.

A spiritual vortex among the red rocks in Sedona.

Practice your Dirty Dancing lifts in the manmade lake where Johnny Castle himself did.

Inside this old train depot resides a multi-line model train covering western North Carolina.

A Trabant car, a kangaroo statue, and a plethora of plants take over this abandoned-factory-turned-bar.