A sculptural commentary on capitalism pokes up from the East River.

On this island, you suck away your garbage via an elaborate pneumatic tube system.

One of only two commuter aerial tramways in the United States.

The feral felines of Roosevelt Island have a small army of allies and an abandoned hospital all to themselves.

A crumbling hospital from the 1850s on Roosevelt Island.

This enormous banquet-themed artwork honors over 1,000 notable women throughout history.

A beautiful collection of architectural ornaments rescued from demolished New York City buildings.

Yale University's home for rare works, including the mysterious Voynich Manuscript.

Fifty years after a “blast blasted blubber beyond all believable bounds,” this idyllic natural area commemorates the carnage.

A public fountain that spouts "health water" from a nearby spring.

Entering this curiosity shop is like stepping into a mad scientist's lab.

Portlandia is the second-largest copper repoussé statue in the United States.

Despite a legend that says this highest peak in Oregon was climbed in high heels scores of people have died on its slopes.

You might know it as the Overlook Hotel, but the inside is not going to be familiar.

The magic's in the hole!

The deepest lake in the United States, and once the site of epic destruction that lives on in legends.

The only road through the heart of Glacier National Park.

One of nature's most well-scheduled phenomenons resides in Wyoming's Yellowstone National Park.

The largest hot spring in the United States is, as the name suggests, a stunning show of natural color.

A beautiful geyser under environmental threat.

This unreal Portuguese palace looks as though it's made from a pile of different castles.

This eccentrically decorated palace is replete with grottoes, fountains, tunnels, and caves.

A large statue of Pope Gregory XIII in Bologna was disguised as Saint Petronius to avoid destruction.

Legend has it this fountain built to symbolize the Pope’s power hides a strange secret concerning Neptune's manliness.