An overlooked monument to the celebrity gangster who helped put the sin in Sin City.

These dramatic cola-colored falls have appeared in a poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and a song by Sufjan Stevens.

Final remnants of the 1895 Cotton States and International Exposition.

Kwanu'sila the Thunderbird has been silently watching over Chicago for more than 100 years (kind of).

Japanese gardens dedicated to the Japanese farmer that refused to throw in the trowel.

A hidden courtyard houses early 20th-century plaster masterpieces.

A unique post-modern public space in the middle of the Warehouse District in New Orleans.

The helicopter that "Tricky Dick" absconded from the White House in on his last day in office.

A city park that sits on top of a freeway.

Designed to not only to represent the history of the local community but also, the future.

The site of the largest mass execution in Rhode Island history, haunted by the ghosts of hanged pirates.

Only the original archway remains from the building where a false cry of "fire" started a panic that claimed more than 70 lives on Christmas Eve in 1913.

Beautiful scenery, history, science, and physics come together in this remnant of shipping lore.

The world's largest second-hand graces a clock surrounded by constantly changing flower beds. 

Built for an exposition in 1915, these horticultural displays have stood the test of time.

If you look closely at the oldest bridge in Paris, you might notice hundreds of ugly faces leering from its sides.

A dazzling display of lights and crystals.

A museum celebrating the self-taught artist-environment builder.

Dedicated to the explorer who opened Japan to the West.

American revolutionaries and British soldiers alike are buried here in the fourth-ever cemetery in Boston.

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

Macabre headstones carved with winged skulls, dancing skeletons, and pithy reminders of impending death.

An unexpected Easter egg lurks in the background of a cherub wall relief at the Breakers mansion.

The second oldest Jewish graveyard in the U.S. is tiny, with connections to George Washington and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.