The Grand Canyon of Texas.

A sculpture made of 10 Cadillacs as a monument to the "Golden Age" of the American automobile.

The pioneering photographer's prints are immortalized inside her childhood home.

A graffiti Mecca welcoming artists from around the world.

An illegally built ramshackle mansion tucked in the middle of Brooklyn is now being turned into condominiums.

The return of something once considered a basic part of life.

A strip of modern stores in historic buildings.

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

New York City's first Modernist house.

A drawbridge named for a potentially intersex Polish national who fought alongside George Washington during the American Revolution, and an example of "Pulaski Red".

While it now takes more than a dime to open an account this historic Brooklyn bank still displays the opulence of the gilded age in which it was built.

This micro-industry of Latino cuisine along Red Hook's Ball Fields represents a victory in a food fight with the city.

The seat of Buffalo government is a gorgeous Art Deco palace.

This Queens beer hall preserves a German culture and language that is all but lost.

A former seaside jewel built for the everyman is now simply a neglected art deco fortress.

The former sign of this immortal music venue is just that--undying.

This small and serene place for quiet reflection on Staten Island was built in China based on the gardens of the Ming Dynasty.

Dedicated to preserving the history of free Black communities in Brooklyn and beyond.

One of the earliest bowling lanes in the U.S. doubled as a sewing school during a time when women had little job opportunity.

Red frames showcase remnants of one of New York's original subway stations.

HBO series' stage tucked away in a Greenpoint lot is the largest theatrical set of its kind in the United States.

Small monoliths of several varieties of stone sit alongside a wooded path in the Bronx.

The best B-movies filmed on a shoestring budget were born here.

This plot of old-growth forest is the largest surviving remnant of New York City's original woodland.