America's oldest Eastern European synagogue provided the immigrants of crowded Lower East Side tenements a space of sanctuary.

The walls are decorated with whimsical murals painted by the creator of the Madeline franchise.

The giant pair of sexy legs sticking out the window of this costume store have become its main draw.

An abandoned quicksilver mining town surrounded by the Big Bend parks.

Strange red rock formations that have been attributed to a higher power for hundreds of years.

Three hundred years of preserved Spanish colonial history in San Antonio.

A gorgeous garden oasis with winding paths, stone bridges, and a troubling history.

Visitors can walk over the largest concentration of Columbian mammoths to have died from one event.

The world's tallest statue of an American hero.

Inspired by a music box, a small town Vietnam vet carved an entire carousel full of animals by hand.

Macabre headstones carved with winged skulls, dancing skeletons, and pithy reminders of impending death.

These massive mitts are made of 30 tons of devotional bronze.

Sid Vicious famously punched a hole in the wall of this iconic music venue.

The peaceful space is adorned by paintings by the famed abstract artist Mark Rothko.

At the "Garage Mahal" in Houston, car culture is about more than just driving.

Whisper secrets in a busy station only to be heard on the other side of this acoustic arch.

Elevated freight railway turned wildly successful urban park.

Part bookstore, part café, and part forest.

A hurricane-stricken oak tree has been reborn as a beautiful chainsaw artwork.

After the parade, students throw their beads on the tree hoping for good luck on exams.

The only rotating bar in New Orleans has been slowly spinning since 1949.

The second oldest continuously operating bar in Louisiana.

A museum and shop on Bourbon Street located in the former home of the second Voodoo Queen of New Orleans.

This symbolic piece of New Orleans architecture is also home to a few ghastly stories.