The site of the deadly Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire.

A strangely angled West Village home is the only monument to an explosion that took the lives of three American revolutionaries.

Named the fifth most beautiful building in America in 1885, this former courthouse boasts the best view in the Village.

New York's unstoppable progress turned this cemetery into the smallest burial ground in the city.

An artist's cute bronze subway sculptures belie his violent artistic past.

Panoramic views of the city of New Haven and the Long Island Sound, with a side of history.

An archival collection of over 2,200 case studies which includes human brain specimens and tumor specimens.

Four, 18-foot-tall badminton shuttlecocks lie scattered about the lawn of a Kansas City museum.

The first car-centric shopping plaza in the U.S. brought a little bit of Spain to downtown Kansas City.

This titanic oil company sign is a reminder of the Americana boom of the 1970s and also its commoditization.

Less a museum than a bizarre fantasy world created by artists and engineers.

Elevated freight railway turned wildly successful urban park.

A terrific purveyor of natural history objects and curios.