Beautiful mosaics cover the first stations opened on New York City's newest subway line.

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

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

Elevated freight railway turned wildly successful urban park.

Michael Jackson got Bad and Crocodile Dundee walked on heads in this iconic Brooklyn subway station.

Constructed in the 1920s, this former pencil factory is now an office building.

A Victorian cemetery in the heart of Brooklyn remains a popular mecca of morbid curiosity.

You can still ride this 100-year-old work of art in Brooklyn's largest public park.

A band of aerialists and circus performers putting on incredible shows in East Williamsburg.

An easy to overlook storefront hides some of the most authentic and regionally diverse Chinese food in New York.

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

This knobby, drooping New Orleans oak is a favorite place both for climbing and for meeting giraffes.

A downtown park built on top of unclaimed graves.

This super steep hike ascends 2,000 feet in less than a mile.

This lush forest valley was once mined for lumber to the extent that it was once nicknamed "The Pennsylvania Desert."

Designed by Buckminster Fuller, this relic of the 67 Expo survived fire and ice.

This natural sea cave hides a small wonderland of natural turquoise beauty.

The mighty room where the poet spent most of her life is available to rent for an hour or two.

Rising 30 feet in the air atop Quarry Hill, the Old Powder House is the oldest stone building in the state of Massachusetts.

"the sweltering inhabitants of Charleston and New Orleans, of Madras and Bombay and Calcutta, drink at my well . . . The pure Walden water is mingled with the sacred water of the Ganges."

A former waterfront market is now in the center of town due to some interesting Boston engineering.

Mrs. Mallard and her brood are a beloved fixture in Boston Public Garden.

The American Revolution was galvanized into serious action due to the tragic clash with British soldiers that occurred at this location.

To avoid the demolition costs this abandoned drawbridge was simply left in the up position.