The last of nine massive kilns that produced many of the red bricks for buildings in Washington, D.C. and northern Virginia in the early 20th century.

A memorial dedicated to a highly decorated Marine and Korean War veteran, who also happened to be a horse.

An overgrown garden stands as a grim marker of an unrealized dream.

The Kirkland Monument remembers a selfless Civil War hero who braved the battlefield to give water to his dying enemies.

A home that witnessed Civil War combat on the Sunken Road has the battle scars to prove it.

These trees are living witnesses to events that inspired poet Walt Whitman’s service during the American Civil War.

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

An everyday Jackson Heights bodega conceals a Mexican seafood paradise.

In the power of this waterfall, Alexander Hamilton saw the potential for industry.

Dedicated to preserving the history of free Black communities in Brooklyn and beyond.

The studio of influential composer Charles Ives is perfectly reconstructed, hidden in the back of the American Academy of Arts and Letters.

A memorial marks the library lobby where Langston Hughes' ashes are buried.

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

This former water source for the City of Brooklyn is now a thriving natural wetland.

This popular pitstop lives up to its name.

This unique house, the only one of its kind in Brooklyn, was built as part of a real estate developer's showcase.

Though the case is scorched and the buttons half-melted, this hardy handheld gaming device can still run a game of Tetris.

A series of fish plaques that are embedded in the malls of Ocean Parkway.

Now the final resting place of prominent artists and musicians, it was originally founded to separate the rich from the poor in death.

A peaceful international sculpture garden in upstate New York.

An abandoned dollhouse factory.

Homemade rockets, dinosaurs, and robots make this New York small business much more than a furniture store.

The world's largest kaleidoscope, designed by a 1960s psychedelic artist.

On the second floor of a small town library is an homage to angling and memorial to a great local fisherman.