The preserved house of a jazz legend still echoes with his music.

Take in a rare, face-to-face glimpse of Lady Liberty at this tucked away Red Hook park.

Unusual books about food and drink abound in this 19th-century New York townhouse.

A uniquely lettered street sign marks the corner where the iconic word game was invented.

One of the few beardless depictions of Lincoln, George Grey Barnard's 1917 was denounced by many—including Lincoln's own son.

The oldest brick house in the state of Ohio.

The inventor of the iconic Pringles can was so proud of his invention he was buried in one.

Mussolini gave Cincinnati a bronze statue of Romulus and Remus suckling at a wolf's teats.

This collection of Japanese luck idols beckons visitors with over 2,000 waving paws.

An art deco ice cream shop covered in vintage train station tiles.

Where beautiful signs live on forever.

This poignant display is now a memorial to these regionally extinct species.

A touching tribute to the "Queen of Soul."

Established in 1937, the oldest candy shop in New York City boasts a rainbow-colored inventory that would make Willy Wonka envious.

Here be dragons.

This magnificent herd of stampeding elephants has been frozen in time for over a century.

Outstanding taxidermy dioramas showcase the grandeur of the continent's wildlife with spooky realism.

Twice a day one of these tragic bronze mariners drowns with the tide to remember all those the sea has taken.

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

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

Lady Liberty's first beacon of enlightenment is now displayed in a museum near the statue.

The world's oldest hologram gallery and the labyrinthine laser laboratory of a holography pioneer.

Under a glass sidewalk lie the remains of some of Manhattan's oldest buildings.

Elevated freight railway turned wildly successful urban park.