A dark patch of the ceiling at Grand Central Terminal which was not restored is still stained brown by tobacco.

A popular European tradition makes its way to the states on one of America's most famous bridges.

Avoid gangster interaction while window-shopping.

Elevated freight railway turned wildly successful urban park.

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

Great place to have a drink and a bite to eat in an atmosphere laden with New York's Bohemian past.

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

New York City's smallest piece of private property.

The oldest operating apothecary in the US has treated everyone from Thomas Edison to Mark Twain.

The oldest living tree in Manhattan comes shrouded in sinister legend.

Catch a glimpse of the elusive Peninsular bighorns right off of the desert freeway.

Scores of vintage street lamps shine along L.A.’s Miracle Mile.

These delicate buggers are some of the rarest fossils that have bubbled up from the Tar Pits.

Historic funicular railway, believed to be the shortest railroad in the world.

Giant Redwood-themed cafeteria operates under the golden rule, "Dine Free Unless Delighted."

The legendary building that needed ghostly approval before being built.

This museum offers an actual time machine back through Colorado's past.

Bask in the 19th century grandeur of an eccentric Freemason millionaire's private gardens.

This abandoned boat was left in place thanks to its rotting beauty.

Scattered throughout London are ancient remnants of the city's former bounding wall.

The unbelievably opulent home built for an infamous newspaperman.

A massive volcanic plug is now a protected area that hosts a number of bird species.

This stretch of beach along California's central coast is a busy highway for the largest seal in the northern hemisphere.

Breathtaking and huge 430 year old maps of Italy.