Curious crustaceans support an obelisk from ancient Egypt that now stands in modern-day Central Park.

One of only two commuter aerial tramways in the United States.

Read a book next to a Midtown waterfall.

These disused steel furnaces are now haunting ruins that may one day be a national park.

A model of a dinosaur that was named for Andrew Carnegie stands outside the museum that also bears his name.

Sections of the iconic limestone columns have been left uncleaned as a reminder of the city's polluted past.

Ruins of the elaborate house where the enigmatic costume designer threw glamorous parties for New York's theatrical elite.

This stretch of beach along California's central coast is a busy highway for the largest seal in the northern hemisphere.

Along the Palisades skyline are the ruins of a large mansion built in 1911 and demolished in the 1930s.

The hill that gave the Massachusett tribe, and later the state, its name.

The 28-foot granite map plots the locations of 40 theaters in New York City.

This star-studded Old Hollywood restaurant is where fettuccine Alfredo made its United States debut.

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

A miniature rainforest is growing inside of a Midtown Manhattan office building.

Smooth basaltic rocks tell a tale of ancient glacial waterfalls.

Named after a bandit and the star of several Hollywood prehistoric landscapes, these sandstone formations are a historical part of the Los Angeles natural landscape.

An interesting decoration on this historic site, this weathervane comes with as many legends as it does questions.

A bronze plaque at an intersection in Hoboken marks the place where the game of baseball first took shape.

Where Eunice Williams was murdered by natives, and where locals say her ghost still haunts.

On the outskirts of a reborn ghost town, a decaying post office remembers the bad old days.

The key to turning shifting dunes into the green oasis of Golden Gate Park.

An overlooked and unassuming engineering marvel.

The modern birthplace of Irish freedom.

This whimsical group of statues is a favorite of children who love to climb all over Lewis Carroll's beloved characters.