Elevated freight railway turned wildly successful urban park.

Constructed in the 1920s, this former pencil factory is now an office building.

The most confusing clock in New York.

Love, knishes, and best wishes from this legendary Lower East Side bakery.

Salute the leader of the proletariat.

Plot your trip through the city on the sidewalk.

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

Blighted Irish field and the ruins of a 19th-century cottage on the edge of urban Manhattan.

A prime example of New Orleans' unique architecture these early 20th century homes were built to look like steamboats.

The stone labyrinth in this New Orleans city park was laid to symbolize healing in the wake of Hurricane Katrina.

A little piece of Paris in the sultry south of the U.S.

A museum and shop on Bourbon Street located in the former home of the second Voodoo Queen of New Orleans.

This knobby, drooping New Orleans oak is a favorite place both for climbing and for meeting giraffes.

By day this New Orleans square is for pedestrians, but by night it is a kingdom of kittens.

A museum of unusual collections, mini-towns, and a half-dog, half-alligator.

This staircase full of Mayan hieroglyphics is perhaps the largest single text in the world.

A terrific purveyor of natural history objects and curios.

One of the few surviving "Wigwam"-themed motels.

"If she'd leave us alone, we would have a happy home, sent from down below."

This New Orleans tree is filled with hidden chimes that produce a carefully tuned melody.

The only surviving sidewalk clock in Brooklyn.

Home to first responders to Greenpoint's devastating oil fires.

A 120-year oil leak slowly unleashes more gallons of oil than the Exxon/Mobil disaster.

Once called Winthrop Park in 1889, home to a decidedly sexy tribute to the Monitor vs. Merrimac battle.