This museum devoted to the gothic author holds such interesting ephemera as his socks and walking stick.

Monument to the cotton-destroying boll weevil.

The remains of a chapel created for convenience.

A remnant from the golden age of aviation still in use today, Pan Am's Clipper service took off from this Art Deco gem.

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

Haven for steampunks.

This Queens beer hall preserves a German culture and language that is all but lost.

This abandoned seaside fortress is now simply an imposing ruin being taken back by nature.

A 200-year-old bar in the historic French Quarter refuses to give up its place in history, nor its role in securing ours.

Piano-making empire filled with 200-year-old steam machines still churning out 1,000 instruments a year.

The crown jewel of the Queens Museum is a nearly 10,000-square-foot architectural model of the city originally built for the 1964 World's Fair.

The final resting place of the great escape artist, where some still gather to wait for his escape from death.

Phil Mortillaro uses keys to bring art back to the Village.

Lie in a hammock where George Washington stood.

This Wall Street bar was once a hub of revolutionary activity where Washington famously bid farewell to his troops.

New York City's only preserved family home from the 19th century.

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

Prove you deserve to be fed by Kenny Shopsin.

Commemorating the spot where the famous scientist fed his pigeons.

A celebration of capitalism in Midtown.

The first purpose-built art gallery in the United States is once again open as a center of craft arts.

The only Civil War battle in Washington D.C. took place near this highest natural point in the city.

Bar full of oddities, specimens, artifacts and homages to the great dime museums of the past.

The United States Capitol's former columns still stand.