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

The fanciest public restroom in New York City boasts fresh flowers, art, and a classical music soundtrack.

Lady Liberty's first beacon of enlightenment is now displayed in a museum near the statue.

A bit of retro transportation flair preserved in the world's largest department store.

One of the last Jazz Age "Wonder Theaters" in New York City.

This whimsical group of statues is a favorite of children who love to climb all over Lewis Carroll's beloved characters.

Mysterious 500-year-old tapestries depict a unicorn hunt.

One of only two commuter aerial tramways in the United States.

Read a book next to a Midtown waterfall.

Elevated freight railway turned wildly successful urban park.

A crumbling hospital from the 1850s on Roosevelt Island.

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

This huge work of functional public art replaced a landfill in New Jersey's Meadowlands.

Infamous marsh filled with toxic waste, World War II-era London rubble, and dead mobsters galore.

Seven people are buried in the middle of what's now a movie theater parking lot.

A whimsical monument deep in this park commemorates the groups that helped build it.

Rusting away on the edge of New Jersey are the remains of a Cold War missile launch site.

Marie told fortunes from her small stand on the Boardwalk for decades, including to a young Bruce Springsteen who would busk outside her booth.

A giant light 13 feet high shines near Thomas Edison's old Menlo Park lab.

The rusting remains are visible sticking out of the waters of the Delaware Bay.

A world-class collection of mechanical musical instruments and automata.

World War II bunker still standing on the New Jersey beach.

The remains of a century-old mansion that met a fiery demise years after it was deserted.

One of the world's largest model railroads is a mind-boggling achievement.