A remote desert lookout offers unparalleled views of the California badlands for those who brave the trek.

These strange piles of magnetized volcanic ash travel across the desert about 50 feet per year.

A former insane asylum despised by Nelly Bly and Charles Dickens is now fashionable apartments.

This historic address is home to the beloved ball and is an almost totally empty building among the most expensive real estate in the world.

The former hotel where Tesla invented the radio.

The rough and tumble president's childhood home displays the shirt he was once shot in and the speech that saved him.

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

The original toys that inspired the beloved children's stories are on display at the New York Public Library.

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

Visit the monolithic tomb of America's most famous general.

New York City's only preserved family home from the 19th century.

A quiet and contemplative oasis in the middle of New York's bustle and riot.

Built as a gift to the hottest tastemaker of the time, these hidden quarters remain an Art Deco showpiece.

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

One of the last Jazz Age "Wonder Theaters" in New York City.

Lie in a hammock where George Washington stood.

This Wall Street bar was once a hub of revolutionary activity where Washington famously bid farewell to his troops.

The oldest house in Manhattan is now a museum that remembers the home's sordid history of scandals, vice-presidents, and ghosts.

A popular European tradition makes its way to the states on one of America's most famous bridges.

A very classy 1920s-era bar right in Grand Central Station.

Great place to have a drink and a bite to eat in an atmosphere laden with New York's Bohemian past.

One of the last few places in Manhattan that employed a pneumatic systemic keeps it on display.

A historic 1890s architectural masterpiece with an iconic clock tower that, once open to the public, now faces an uncertain future.

Once the tallest building in the world and the site of "the highest dinner ever held in New York" this building now holds the most expensive penthouse in the city.