The one-time office of the architectural firm that ushered in the Gilded Age is now a Club Monaco.

Spinning silently in the lobby of an Art Deco masterwork is a massive vintage model of the Earth.

A waterway covered over after the Industrial Revolution has been unearthed and cleaned up, for the enjoyment of fish and humans alike.

You don't have to be an ambassador to dine like one.

A miniature rainforest is growing inside of a Midtown Manhattan office building.

An out-of-the-way wildlife haven with a rich and storied past of harboring thousands of fugitive slaves, or "Maroons" during the mid 1800s.

The most impressive of Basel's three remaining city gates.

A significant example of Czech cubist architecture—a style you won't find anywhere else in the world.

The original location of Vollis Simpson’s Whirligigs.

Beneath the southern end of the Golden Gate Bridge is the “Gibraltar of the West Coast,” a fort built to protect the San Francisco Bay from naval attack.

A unique post-modern public space in the middle of the Warehouse District in New Orleans.

A hidden gem, named after a San Franciscan icon, offers spectacular views of the Pacific Ocean.

This small park features a monumental fountain wall, providing a great photo opportunity in the middle of Houston.

The third-tallest lighthouse in the United States stands as a reminder of Atlantic City's early days.

Don't get it twisted: This is the oldest pretzel bakery in the United States.

Pennsylvania’s creepiest roadside attraction is a haunting example of roadside kitsch.

A toxic ghost town sitting atop a massive coal fire.

A mine fire has been burning under the deserted town since 1962, but this church is still going strong.

These unique rock formations were created during the Ice Age.

In this cemetery stands the country's first public crematorium.

The first of Lancaster's "rural cemeteries."

One of the few remaining covered bridges in Lancaster County.

This restored 18th-century house was once the home of Lititz's first tobacconist.

This iconic Lancaster everyman has been reading the same story since 1980.