Guerilla gardeners reclaimed this abandoned railroad land literally putting down roots.

With its vaulted ceiling and gilded details, this University of Washington library would feel right at home inside an old palace.

A playground inspired by differential calculus dangles from the ceiling of the Liberty Science Center.

World Trade Center memorial likened to a woman's sexual organ.

A historic grist mill and active sluice on the Black River.

A graffiti Mecca welcoming artists from around the world.

A veritable variety of odds and ends.

From this desk Al Hirschfeld drew his influential caricatures of the 20th century's Broadway stars.

Once a dumping spot, now a park with a kayak launch.

Church featuring "high Victorian gothic" architecture.

This old estate is a remnant of when the Bronx was a popular summer destination for wealthy New Yorkers.

This lavish room at NYC's French Embassy is a rare relic from the end of the Gilded Age.

Prove you deserve to be fed by Kenny Shopsin.

A popular European tradition makes its way to the states on one of America's most famous bridges.

A terrific purveyor of natural history objects and curios.