Stunningly detailed mosaics in a New York subway station bring life to the Weimaraners of artist William Wegman's work—and to thousands of commutes.

This folk art dinosaur was almost pushed to extinction due to lack of a building permit.

An unrecognized nation-state created in the 1820s to avoid taxes.

A swirling spectrum of stained glass dazzles visitors who enter this subway station.

The real-life site of Ichabod Crane's infamous gourd attack.

The Great Fire of London and the regulation of one-way streets both started in this alley.

This sculpture marks the spot where one of the greatest Roman rulers was proclaimed emperor.

A fantastic place to see murals, and an important location in the history of Toronto's legal street art scene.

This New York estate was designed to resemble a medieval Scottish castle.

Before online banking and smartphone apps, there was "commuter banking" in the subway in Downtown Brooklyn.

Love is in the air along the small street in Brooklyn.

This nearly 200-year-old restaurant's history includes an exiled French prince, JFK, and a very hungry Daniel Webster.

A mass grave for victims of one of the city’s worst fires.

This secluded ruin was once a home for exotic plants.

A fire station-turned-church-turned-museum dedicated to the work of seminal light artist Dan Flavin.

An old dining hall now serves up ghost stories for lusty locals.

A giant steel sculpture with animals in its shadows.

This institution pays tribute to an associate justice who protected civil rights and prosecuted Nazis.

An abandoned tuberculosis hospital moulders on into an uncertain future.

This edgy museum will whet your appetite for the industrial history of Western New York.

West Point’s only monument to a woman veteran stands above an empty grave.

One sculptor's lifelong war game is the largest and longest running miniature campaign in history.

This locally-famous crevasse in New York State is icy all year round.

This southwest-styled home in Santa Fe claims to be the oldest house in America thanks to an ancient bit of foundation.