The kind of mixed-up place that drives archaeologists crazy.

In a quiet north Chicago neighborhood rests a stunning relic of the golden age of earthenware design.

The oldest still-operating tavern in the United States was once owned by a pirate.

Rat sculptures try to infiltrate the Graybar Building in an architectural tribute to New York City's nautical history.

A dark patch of the ceiling at Grand Central Terminal which was not restored is still stained brown by tobacco.

Blighted Irish field and the ruins of a 19th-century cottage on the edge of urban Manhattan.

Curious crustaceans support an obelisk from ancient Egypt that now stands in modern-day Central Park.

Bowl in splendor, if you're lucky.

Once the tallest building in the world and the site of "the highest dinner ever held in New York" this building now holds the most expensive penthouse in the city.

This unmarked and unloved Manhattan subway grate created one of the most iconic images in American cinema.

A hip bar decorated with walls of golden skulls.