Built hundreds of years ago this downtown iron barrier once protected a much despised king.

Twice a day one of these tragic bronze mariners drowns with the tide to remember all those the sea has taken.

The television series' iconic giant foot was borrowed from this classical painting.

Philadelphia boasts one of the best — and most often overlooked — traditional Japanese gardens in North America.

Where America's first doomsday cult awaited the end of the world.

An interesting decoration on this historic site, this weathervane comes with as many legends as it does questions.

The biggest museum dedicated to insects in North America, one of the largest in the world.

Designed by Buckminster Fuller, this relic of the 67 Expo survived fire and ice.

Montreal's colorful subway station shows its support of the local LGBT+ community.

The American Revolution was galvanized into serious action due to the tragic clash with British soldiers that occurred at this location.

Where now stands a 42-story condominium tower of marble, glass and steel was once the central market of New York’s slave trade.

Unrepaired walls from a 1920 anarchist bomb attack.

An uber-secure, windowless tower of doom in the center of Manhattan is an NSA spyscraper.

This sculpture by artist Fritz Keonig survived the 9/11 attacks and now stands as a monument to the victims.

Possible relics of the ancient Roman city are hidden in this restaurant's façade.

This rugged area of red rocks and arches is often considered one of the most beautiful places on Earth.

Dramatic river bend surrounds a natural red-rocked pedestal.

Most-visited and most-photographed slot canyon in the American Southwest.

Bronze sculpture celebrating the relationship between Churchill and Roosevelt.

Tour the dark and beloved poet's former cobwebbed basement, which may have inspired "The Black Cat."

The longest continuous underwater road in North America was built at the insistence of Franklin Roosevelt.

A pedestrian island in the middle of world-famous Times Square emits a strange (and purposeful) humming noise.

The most confusing clock in New York.

Macabre headstones carved with winged skulls, dancing skeletons, and pithy reminders of impending death.