Neoclassical bank designed by NY architects Helmle & Huberty.

Church featuring "high Victorian gothic" architecture.

Constructed in the 1920s, this former pencil factory is now an office building.

The last slot car racing arcade in Brooklyn is keeping the dream of speedy little autos alive.

These historic defenses ensured the city within would survive hundreds of years of occupations, sieges, and invasions.

A tiny church on a man-made island in the Adriatic.

A forgotten relic from New York's bygone trolley system hides in plain sight under a bridge.

Storage warehouse of the rich and famous.

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

Though the case is scorched and the buttons half-melted, this hardy handheld gaming device can still run a game of Tetris.

If it hadn't been caught in time, a flaw in the design of this Manhattan skyscraper could have led to its collapse.

Tucked away amidst some of the most famous addresses in the world is New York's only fraction of a street.

This grand Spanish-Cuban restaurant has been serving customers for more than a century.

The abandoned palace stands as a wounded but proud beacon of Afghan hope.

Splashes of blue in an otherwise monotonous lunar landscape.

Once an impressive link to Afghanistan’s Buddhist past, now a sad reminder of intolerance towards other cultures.

This magnificent blue mosque in Afghanistan is surrounded by thousands of white doves.

British troops and Prohibition couldn’t stop this spot from becoming one of the United States' oldest continuously-run taverns.

This classic steam-powered train takes tourists on a nostalgic trip around the Connecticut River Valley.

Quirky castle designed by the American actor best known for portraying Sherlock Holmes on stage.

Springtime is go time for this repurposed shack and the fish it venerates.

This opera house along the banks of the Connecticut River has two Tony Awards to its credit but it’s never staged a single opera.

One of America's first spies started out as a teacher in this little red one-room schoolhouse.

An abandoned 146-acre summer resort slowly being reclaimed by nature.