Hollywood's most famous landmark, the "temporary" sign that has stood for decades longer than intended.

These remote Florida islands have a history of sea turtles and sunken treasures, and one of the world's largest coastal brick fortresses.

Dramatic river bend surrounds a natural red-rocked pedestal.

Most-visited and most-photographed slot canyon in the American Southwest.

This cemetery has graves dating back to the 17th century, including the city's oldest carved tombstone and an ominous cryptogram.

Records of the dead describe the myriad odd ways people used to die.

This outdoor gallery of graffiti-covered walls pays homage to the past, present, and possible future of street art.

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

America's oldest Eastern European synagogue provided the immigrants of crowded Lower East Side tenements a space of sanctuary.

This exemplar of modernist architecture is meant to captivate and inspire students of the Cooper Union.

There must be a pun in this haystack somewhere...

Salute the leader of the proletariat.

The most confusing clock in New York.

A Victorian cemetery in the heart of Brooklyn remains a popular mecca of morbid curiosity.

You can still ride this 100-year-old work of art in Brooklyn's largest public park.

A small peaceful park and waterfall tucked amid the urban grind of Midtown Manhattan.

One of the most enjoyable bits of history at Coney Island and “the most romantic ride in the world.”

A curious fountain that has no water and includes Satan, a crab, and 9 giraffes.

The New York hotel where tragic visionary Nikola Tesla spent his final hours, destitute and alone but for the pigeons.

Everyone from Mark Twain to Teddy Roosevelt has a pipe hanging from the walls of this historic chophouse.

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

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

A band of aerialists and circus performers putting on incredible shows in East Williamsburg.

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