During the 19th century, you could pay for violence off a prix fixe menu on this Manhattan street.

Twice a day one of these tragic bronze mariners drowns with the tide to remember all those the sea has taken.

The most confusing clock in New York.

In its day this historic fort held 100 cannons pointed in almost every direction to protect New York.

Touching mementoes from those who didn't make it back from World War I still hang in one of New York's oldest bars.

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

A bit of retro transportation flair preserved in the world's largest department store.

This whimsical group of statues is a favorite of children who love to climb all over Lewis Carroll's beloved characters.

Mysterious 500-year-old tapestries depict a unicorn hunt.

This preserved wilderness hides the remains of a colonial grain mill used to feed George Washington's troops.

New York's southernmost subway station is whimsically wavy.

An oasis of calm amid the chaos of the boardwalk, the museum traces the heritage of this beloved beachside amusement park.

Neglected resting place of some of the city's early luminaries—and a woman encased in concrete.

It turns out that a hurricane-prone beach is probably not the best place to house wild animals.

Located within a historic park, the beacon is the oldest standing structure in Miami.

In memory of the 110 victims of ValuJet Flight 592 that crashed in the Everglades.

This beautiful Miami garden was designed as a laboratory for tropical plants.

St Bernard de Clairvaux Episcopal Church, better known as one of the oldest European buildings in the Western Hemisphere.

London's last remaining public soapbox site has seen speeches from Karl Marx, Vladmir Lenin, and George Orwell.

An unusual round church in London with a Templar past.

Another in a long tradition of legends regarding infernal seats.

High in the Rockies the third largest statue in the U.S. opens her welcoming arms, and lights up the night sky.

Few things look more out of place than the electric blue ponds in the reddish-brown desert of Utah.

A ghost town that held steady longer than most, but finally gave up the ghost.