Baltimore's first skyscraper may be home to the inspiration behind pulp fiction's most celebrated bird.

At this former Prohibition speakeasy, electric birds signaled the arrival of hooch.

Wedged between two sets of row houses is an awkwardly located family graveyard.

The design of this historic domed church was influenced by Thomas Jefferson and intended as a statement of religious freedom.

This bug-eyed water wheel uses the power of the Sun to clean up Baltimore Harbor.

Brightly colored 30-foot-tall totems light up the desert sky just outside Las Vegas.

Walk through the history of American pop culture.

The former desk of Fire Chief Joseph "Bum" Farto is all that remains after his mysterious disappearance following a drug conviction.

This ambiguous pig shrine is actually a monument to a beloved queen.

The one-time epicenter of American songwriting is now a little remembered Manhattan commercial block.

This Fifth Avenue church has long been the favored worshiping place of Broadway actors and vaudeville performers.

A dark patch of the ceiling at Grand Central Terminal which was not restored is still stained brown by tobacco.

Cryptic messages embedded in the New York City sidewalk.

Lie in a hammock where George Washington stood.

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

Elevated freight railway turned wildly successful urban park.

A nearly 100-year-old dining car in upstate New York embodies the golden age of roadside dining.

A living antique aviation museum in the historic town of Red Hook, New York.

The oldest continuously inhabited street in America.

"A hideous albatross in the Hudson River Valley."

This mouldering abandoned mental hospital was once a center for progressive healing.

An abandoned dollhouse factory.

Revel in the Victorian splendor of the world's oldest eating establishment inside a museum.

Las Vegas's very own 40-foot-tall fire-spewing praying mantis.