This unusually circular centenarian barn became a Route 66 icon.

Hordes of precariously balanced stone figures crowd the shores of the Hudson River.

Once in disrepair, this popular Texas stop along iconic Route 66 has been restored to its past glory.

A tiny art gallery in Sunnyside helps keep Portland weird.

New York City's only wildlife rehabilitation center treats more than 3,000 feathered and furry patients each year.

A rotating cast of guys and dolls in front of a Washington, D.C. building.

The original toys that inspired the beloved children's stories are on display at the New York Public Library.

A "Texanic" (gigantic Texas) collection of Art Deco architecture at Dallas' historic Fair Park.

A beloved, quirky little fountain featuring a large frog spitting water at a naked boy.

Though its celestial ceiling is impressive, the true star is the vast collection of French books.

These mystical miniature houses bring a touch of magic to the New Jersey woods.

This charming colonial alleyway is one of the oldest continuously used residential streets in the U.S.

The modest childhood home where the baseball legend and Yankees star learned to hit from both sides of the plate.

The little-known, 300-year history of the area includes former lives as a bustling tobacco port, parking lot, and industrial dump.

Mrs. Mallard and her brood are a beloved fixture in Boston Public Garden.

An annual extravaganza of Broadway theater memorabilia.

This recently restored timepiece has stood all around Kansas City.

This wall on a street corner in Lower Manhattan has been a blank canvas for a rotation of renowned artists since the 1980s.

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

The fifth tallest statue in the United States is a shirtless monument to the oil worker.

A trove of century-old litho stones from the Puck Building's printing days were discovered behind a cellar wall, and are now hanging in the store.

The statue of John Harvard isn't actually John Harvard—or even, technically, the founder of the school.

The oldest family-run luncheonette in New York, last renovated in 1948, still serves food and drinks the old-fashioned way.

This anonymous businessman sculpted in bronze became an enduring memorial after 9/11, and had been mistaken by rescue workers for a survivor in the rubble.