An abandoned fish-shaped drive-in gets a second life as a restaurant.

Equal parts record-breaking temple to consumerism and bizarre fun park, it's more than you think it is...

20,000 pieces in a Frank Gehry-designed building.

A toweringly silly piece of modern art has been delighting locals since the 1980s.

A bronze statue on a downtown corner honors Minneapolis's favorite career gal.

This 19th century brick building in Brooklyn stands out like the anachronistic landmark that it is.

A very classy 1920s-era bar right in Grand Central Station.

This subterranean oyster house has been the pearl of Grand Central Station since 1913.

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

The oldest Dutch colonial stone house in New York City is a hidden gem on the border of Brooklyn and Queens.

A Wisconsin kitsch palace from the 1930s lives its second life in 21st-century Brooklyn.

A mass grave for victims of one of the city’s worst fires.

A way to take your secrets to someone else's grave.

In its day this historic fort held 100 cannons pointed in almost every direction to protect New York.

Phil Mortillaro uses keys to bring art back to the Village.

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.

This historic hotel preserves many treasures from its heyday hosting passengers on the Orient Express.

The ancient latrines of the Greeks, in all their public glory.

The alleged house of the Virgin Mary is tucked away in a park and nature preserve on Mt. Koressos in Turkey and is holy to both Catholics and Muslims alike.

1513 Turkish world map, full of European state secrets and snarky commentary.

These tombs were built into the side of a mountain so that ancient angels could reach the dead.

Roman ruins top white travertine terraces formed by ancient hot springs.

The watery grave of an impractical idea.