This graceful little figure is a one-of-a-kind version of the cherished character.

The once abandoned ruins of a Victorian beachside amusement park are now back in working order.

The former home of Samuel Clemens and family remembers the happiest period of the author's life.

This Queens beer hall preserves a German culture and language that is all but lost.

An everyday Jackson Heights bodega conceals a Mexican seafood paradise.

An exhibition space dedicated to American outsider art created between the 18th and 21st centuries.

The preserved house of a jazz legend still echoes with his music.

This futuristic airport terminal was abandoned for decades before reopening as a hotel—with a vintage plane of its own parked out back.

Unique antiquarian shop specializing in globes, maps, and prints.

This last stalwart of the now-forgotten feminist restaurant movement has been serving food in an activist atmosphere since 1977.

Home of Philip Johnson, one of the 20th century's most influential architects.

A giant light 13 feet high shines near Thomas Edison's old Menlo Park lab.

The last of Philadelphia's wood-paved streets is now a landmark of terrible engineering.

A tiny, unmarked beer and whiskey bar above an Ethiopian restaurant in West Philly fails to conceal live bluegrass.

A museum dedicated to the strange and extravagant costumes and memorabilia of the mummers, a tradition older than Philadelphia itself.

South Philadelphia is home to Keith Haring's only surviving in situ collaborative public mural.

The origin of this mechanical boy was a mystery until he revealed his maker by writing it in perfect cursive.

One artist's love letter to his city and its citizens plays out across dozens of bright murals painted on the sides of decrepit buildings.

This local gem houses the largest collection of pre-Raphaelite paintings outside of the U.K.

The longest covered bridge in Delaware.

This historic lighthouse was well known for the large number of women who served as its keeper.

At this former Prohibition speakeasy, electric birds signaled the arrival of hooch.

The likeness of the Baltimore music icon was unveiled in time for the anniversary of his Senate hearings on music censorship.

A monumental statue of RCA's mascot now sits atop a historical society roof after a life of moving around.