The first piece of public art dedicated to LGBT rights.

This neighborhood grocery houses a treasure trove of Eastern European delights.

The only home that Alexander Hamilton ever owned has a history almost as troubled as his own.

The final resting place of the great escape artist, where some still gather to wait for his escape from death.

Wall Street has a new heroine, a bronze statue of a small but fierce girl.

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

A terrific purveyor of natural history objects and curios.

A total of 14 men held the title of "president" before George Washington—their historical legacies are enshrined in the lobby of a hotel.

The elevator hidden in a smokestack on Roosevelt's yacht now serves as a monument to the former president.

The Decoy Capital of the World.

The antique hotel still has a jail in the basement, though the cockfighting ring is long gone.

Ship skeletons haunt Baltimore's waterways.

Once part of a dam servicing an early 19th century grist mill, the tucked-way falls are a tricky-to-find urban oasis.

Fascinating museum dedicated to the under-appreciated medical history of urology features some wince-inducing devices.

Brain collection and database that narrows the gap between man and animal.

Easter in Westminster may be the only time and place to behold Edgar Allen Poe made entirely of Marshmallow Peeps.

An abandoned church gets a second life as a massive beer hall and event space.

The longest escalator in the Western Hemisphere takes over three minutes to ride down.

The shelves in the back of this thrift store are devoted to saving, not selling, retro tech.

Walk a trail through a historic Quaker town that outlawed slavery in 1777 and was a major waypoint on the Underground Railroad.

The land is home to swimming ponies and a legendary 18th-century treasure.

An astounding collection of medical specimens, including bits of President Lincoln.

This free, take-a-book shop seems like a trick but isn't.

A Civil War Museum with some notable medical antiques.