A 22-foot stainless steel quilting needle pays tribute to a local connection to fiber arts.

Two stone columns flank the grand Venice square, but there were supposed to be three.

This Venice bookstore has resigned itself to constant flooding by keeping its books in bathtubs and boats.

This community on a small Venetian island has taken to painting their houses in bright neon hues.

The first KFC is on the National Register of Historic Places.

Moonbows over Kentucky.

The only building in Louisville (hopefully) that contains two ancient holy skeletons.

Covered in tens of thousands of coats of paint, this Indiana attraction holds a world record all its own.

Symbolic attempt to overcome the issues of life.

This nearly invisible wire transforms much of the city into one big, symbolic home on the holy day.

Hidden behind a gate in Greenwich Village is a little farmhouse that once served as the writing studio of a bestselling author.

The oldest living organism in New York City. Maybe.

This mysterious marker puzzles pedestrians and infuriates geographers.

A remnant from the golden age of aviation still in use today, Pan Am's Clipper service took off from this Art Deco gem.

Collect holy water from a Bronx grotto.

A New York warehouse filled with an enormous amount of goods saved from the landfills and donated for creative use.

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

A tree that grows parallel to the ground was declared Brooklyn's "crowning curio" by the poet who saved it.

The last living thing to come out of the rubble after 9/11 is now a symbol of hope and resilience.

Hiroshima survivor on Riverside Drive.

Some of New York's best tacos can be found in the back of an unassuming bodega in Queens.

The 28-foot granite map plots the locations of 40 theaters in New York City.

A hidden architectural treasure in New York's Brooklyn.

A B.Y.O.B. Mexican cantina lives inside one of the last tortilla factories in Brooklyn.