An artist's cute bronze subway sculptures belie his violent artistic past.

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

The first and only carousel with a lineup entirely of insects.

Neon signs that grace the windows of Bergdorf Goodman's and Tiffany & Co. come from this studio in Brooklyn.

This mosaic dedicated to John Lennon was tended for years by a Beatles super-fan.

A once grand hotel is being retaken by the wilderness it once capitalized on.

A stunning, two-tiered waterfall made famous by poets, artists and the legend of a ghost dog.

Elevated freight railway turned wildly successful urban park.

An indoor miniature village and labor of love for Laurence Geiringer, a model railroad enthusiast.

This extraordinary Depression-era expenditure was modeled after a postcard of a Mediterranean hotel.

Featuring the largest CinemaScope screen in Pennsylvania, this drive-in has entertained moviegoers for more than half a century.

A tour de force of a fountain, memorializing a man who loved fountains more than anything else.

Current docking place of the SS United States, the fastest transatlantic ocean liner.

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

The internal railway of one of the biggest steel plants in America has been transformed into a linear park with unique industrial views.

The remains of a community that was forced to move for a dam that never materialized still rot in this Pennsylvania park.

This palatial botanical garden is home to one of the largest pipe organs ever installed in a private residence, and a piece of Wood's cycad.

In which a local geological marvel becomes a quaint roadside attraction.

"Dark Sky Park" is heaven on Earth for astronomers, one of the rare U.S. locations with no artificial light pollution.

The cinder cone volcano with a less than complimentary name.

The story of Two Guns, Arizona could easily be described as a Shakespearian tragedy on Route 66.

A stealthy Apache hideaway that became the haunting site of a mass grave.

This 4,000-foot-diameter hole is touted as "the most well known, best preserved meteorite crater on Earth."

Dramatic river bend surrounds a natural red-rocked pedestal.