This unacceptably tall building was the real reason for Washington, D.C.'s skyscraper ban.

A rotating cast of guys and dolls in front of a Washington, D.C. building.

This poor little statue is the most vandalized memorial in Washington.

A big shiny gin and whiskey distillery in Sunset Park.

A Victorian cemetery in the heart of Brooklyn remains a popular mecca of morbid curiosity.

The final resting place of the Hollywood star who came to a tragic end.

This might just be the TARDIS of bookstores.

A Muppet museum in small-town Mississippi honors the roots of Jim Henson's most beloved creation.

These 20-foot sculptures will help guide you from the local train station to the local sculpture garden.

The only surviving sidewalk clock in Brooklyn.

One of New York's best collections of pinball is hidden in a secret bar in the back of this laundromat.

Church featuring "high Victorian gothic" architecture.

The iconic Manhattan corner that was once the site of the Beastie Boys' fake clothing store.

Perhaps the most scandalous statue of America's first president.

A cavernous three-story, 43,800-square-foot basement that was forgotten about for 60 years.

Look closely and you’ll notice that the color changes a third of the way up the tower.

Washington's iconic carousel has a nice piece of Civil Rights history.

The remains of a community that was forced to move for a dam that never materialized still rot in this Pennsylvania park.

"Gnome Chomsky" was once the largest gnome in the world, but is now simply tall for his kind.

The collection of signage remembers the midcentury pushback against the new neon light.

This evocative New Jersey statue memoralizes the Polish victims of a Soviet massacre.

Hidden in plain sight on the Hudson River is an abandoned train station where nature has taken over.

The man who first patented the Ouija board rests in peace beneath a headstone that playfully reflects that achievement.

This meticulously extracted nervous system allegedly came from a 19th-century custodian who donated her body to science.