During the 19th century, you could pay for violence off a prix fixe menu on this Manhattan street.

Avoid gangster interaction while window-shopping.

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

The oldest surviving synagogue in New York City is now a soaring art space.

A notorious punk house turned co-op.

This former crime corner has been turned into an eclectic community center.

One of the few remaining American elm trees in New York’s Tompkins Square Park was the birthplace of a new religion.

A reminder to choose water over wine since 1888.

Monument to a forgotten NYC disaster that claimed the lives of 1,000.

Stand at the point where the two mightiest rivers in the United States converge.

The red brick house where the father of rock 'n' roll wrote some of his classic hits.

This spot in St. Louis, marked with a simple sign, has seen more pro baseball than just about anywhere else in the world.

An urban forest overtakes what was the greatest failure of utopic urban housing.

A creepy sculpture of a decapitated head invites viewers to see St. Louis through its empty eyes.

The Old Courthouse takes visitors on a captivating trip through St. Louis' timeline.

One of the world's earliest skyscrapers.

Once one of the world's great cities, Cahokia was a place of religious worship, trade and mass human sacrifice before being mysteriously abandoned.

Nestled in Onondaga State Park, over 100 canoes carefully stacked in a replica of the famous standing stones.

A Kansas grassroots sculptor decorates the local roadways with his sculptures made from found objects.

Kansas's Grassroots Art Capital welcomes visitors to Lucas through its very own World's Largest Thing.

This life-size bronze statue remembers the tallest recorded human in his Illinois hometown.

Speak to a companion on the other side of the room loud and clear through this architectural anomaly.

Fresh wooden posts have been added to ancient holes to recreate a primitive henge clock.

Quirky water tower advertises the long-gone Brooks Tomato Products Co.