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.

Pulled from the rubble of one of the worst modern tragedies, a steel crossbeam became a symbol of hope for New Yorkers.

This cemetery has graves dating back to the 17th century, including the city's oldest carved tombstone and an ominous cryptogram.

This lower Manhattan bar is set up in an old bank vault that rests beneath a skyscraper that hides even more historic splendor.

More gold than anywhere else, ever.

Home of a 28-foot tall stalagmite known as the War Club.

This classic photo booth was saved from destruction by the local community.

This preserved village shows the modest lifestyles of the area's 19th-century Chinese gold miners.

Referred to as "the crappiest fountain ever," this sculpture has been splashing unknowing passersby since 1969.

Largest Kauri tree in New Zealand.

This natural rock formation spouts jets of water into the air.

Send a postcard while vacationing with Satan.

A monument celebrating the idea of reaching inaccessible places.

This 15-foot-tall sculpture stands vigil at the back entrance to the largest public park in western Massachusetts.

Eat and drink at a pub older than the Magna Carta

This memorial commemorating fallen Swiss Guards of the French Revolution has been called the saddest stone in the world.

This once-private estate is now a dreamy, meditative garden that's open to the public.

A unique work of art that was created without permission.

"A hideous albatross in the Hudson River Valley."

Former utopian colony based on the belief that the universe exists in a hollow sphere.

One-time winter retreats of prolific inventor Thomas Edison and his friend Henry Ford.

The oldest continuously occupied public building in the United States.

Wedding chapel's mysterious spiral staircase said to be miraculously constructed.

Home to the largest urban bat colony in North America, estimated at 1.5 million bats.