Artifacts of whaling, with both its perils and adventure, are housed in this museum in a former candle factory.

This neighborhood grocery houses a treasure trove of Eastern European delights.

New York's southernmost subway station is whimsically wavy.

This outdoor gallery of graffiti-covered walls pays homage to the past, present, and possible future of street art.

There must be a pun in this haystack somewhere...

This exemplar of modernist architecture is meant to captivate and inspire students of the Cooper Union.

Elevated freight railway turned wildly successful urban park.

A celebration of capitalism in Midtown.

The home of the first American-born saint is one of the only curved buildings in New York.

The world’s largest truck stop includes a barber shop, chiropractor, and a huge museum with antique trucks.

The awe-inspiring ship from the golden era of cruising has an incomparable history and a reputation as one of the world’s most haunted places.

The oldest playground in America.

Large Massachusetts museum dedicated to Armenian history and culture.

This supermarket is suspended 25 feet above an interstate highway.

The dress young Pierce wore prior to his breeching ceremony in the early 1800s is now on display for all to see.

This handsome giant is said to mark the birthplace of the mythical woodsman and even had a cameo in a Stephen King novel.

St. Augustine's record-setting narrow street was designed to protect against pirates.

The walls of America's oldest masonry fort famously "swallowed" cannonballs.

A building so large that it has its own weather.

The 19th-century vessel floats proudly on Lake Titicaca, but its journey from Britain to the Peruvian altiplano was far from smooth sailing.

On this tiny spot of land in the middle of Lake Titicaca the only ones who do the knitting are the men.

The Uros people live on floating reed islands in lake Titicaca.

The intricate stonework of Machu Picchu serves as a testament to Incan engineers.

If you’ve ever seen a picture of Machu Picchu, then you’ve seen a picture of Huayna Picchu—you just didn’t realize it.