What happens here stays here – unless it affects the whole world.

A small peaceful park and waterfall tucked amid the urban grind of Midtown Manhattan.

Brooklyn vintners creating world-class wine in a city not known for its vineyards.

Leaf through over 30,000 artists' sketchbooks in what may be the world's largest collection of doodles

The site of the deadly Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire.

This exemplar of modernist architecture is meant to captivate and inspire students of the Cooper Union.

Amid the bustle and noise of the Financial District hides a secluded garden oasis above the city streets.

This beautiful building in the heart of Manhattan's Financial District was empty for decades.

An accidentally hidden library containing the ephemeral history of New York.

Four glass boxes hover over 1,000 feet in the air to give visitors an unparalleled view of Chicago.

This 1967 experiment in modular architecture was designed to be a new model for urban living.

It's not hard to see why the historic Peabody Conservatory of Music's library has been described as a "cathedral of books."

One of the dwarven trees dates back to 1625 and survived the Hiroshima bombing.

The United States Capitol's former columns still stand.

Historic Hull Street was actually the first street with a proper name in the Boston area.

A bizarre house filled with an astounding array of collections.

These crudely shaped folk giants may be the the second most photographed statues in the U.S.

An architecturally-focused antique shop.

The Midwest's reigning king of surplus stores is full of nothing you need and everything you want.

Hidden among popular Sydney golf courses is a little remembered graveyard populated by smallpox victims.

Australian museum dedicated to human health and lack thereof.