Special benches that play Chopin's music are scattered throughout his native city.

Some of the best Persian food in New York comes from the front window of an unassuming pizza shop.

Once the site of a Native American harvest festival, this humble clearing later played an invaluable role in the birth of jazz.

This distinctive Crescent City tradition dates back to the days of horse-drawn carriages.

This unassuming oasis elevated just above the busy streets of Jerusalem offers one of the best views of the Old City.

This amazingly well-preserved villa just outside Pompeii boasts rare examples of ancient Roman paintings.

The tallest monument in a historic New Orleans cemetery was prompted by romance and dash of pettiness.

Hundreds of notes give thanks to the patron saint of lost causes.

A museum cafe showcases Native American dishes and indigenous ingredients from across the Western Hemisphere.

This shining multicolored metro station deep under Naples is said to be the most beautiful in Europe.

This stately clubhouse has showcased German-American culture for over a century.

Historians and hobbyists head to this former French outpost for the annual Feast of the Hunters' Moon.

The largest historic preservation organization in the United States.

The world's largest collection of mechanical puzzles is a cornucopia of analog bafflers.

A flamboyantly decorated bridge signals diversity and fellowship at the entry to Indianapolis' Broad Ripple Village.

If astronomy had a ghost, it would look like this observatory.

Once adorning a New York skyscraper, these reclaimed ruins now haunt an Indiana park.

A stunning, abandoned limestone quarry in southern Indiana provided the stone to erect the Empire State Building.

The largest outdoor art gallery in the Northwest United States.

This steamer is known as "The ship that built Cleveland."

Marvel at this turn-of-the-century masterpiece that has been turned into a rather stately supermarket.

This Czar-funded, onion-domed, lavishly muraled Orthodox Church played a starring role in "The Deer Hunter."

Cleveland's giant "free" stamp is a nod to the Civil War, but was misinterpreted for years.

Funded by John D. Rockefeller, this is one of the earliest, and most beautiful, shopping arcades in America.