Manhattan’s Battery Park has a whimsical carousel full of spinning, glowing fish.

Once the tallest building in the world and the site of "the highest dinner ever held in New York" this building now holds the most expensive penthouse in the city.

This cemetery has graves dating back to the 17th century, including the city's oldest carved tombstone and an ominous cryptogram.

This anonymous businessman sculpted in bronze became an enduring memorial after 9/11, and had been mistaken by rescue workers for a survivor in the rubble.

A remnant of the original World Trade Center complex continues to serve as a commuter gateway.

The last living thing to come out of the rubble after 9/11 is now a symbol of hope and resilience.

This sculpture by artist Fritz Keonig survived the 9/11 attacks and now stands as a monument to the victims.

Pulled from the rubble of one of the worst modern tragedies, a steel crossbeam became a symbol of hope for New Yorkers.

Manhattan's lighthouse, erected at the insistence of the unsinkable Molly Brown.

Twisted buildings adorn the banks of the Rhine river.

A French chateau, failed utopian community, odd museum, and Stonehenge replica in rural Washington State.

On the Oregon coast there is a natural hole that seems to be draining the sea.

As a show of peace, a Japanese naval pilot gifted his 400-year-old Samurai sword to the Oregon town he bombed.

Honoring the famed folktale author, this California museum looks like it belongs in the Black Forest.

This midcentury LA bar was the birthplace of tiki culture.

Megachurch turned Catholic church comprised of 10,000 glass panes.

The lead horse on a Disneyland merry-go-round that is older than the park itself.

Inspiration struck on this seat outside the Griffith Park merry-go-round.

The site of murders and Satanic cult gatherings.

These were the largest wind chimes in the world when artist Tom Van Sant created them for a California mall in 1967.

This enormous World War II relic is one of the largest wooden structures in the world.

One of the largest helium balloons in the U.S. is a 112-foot ginormous orange.

Oldest building in California still in use.

Stripes of flowers bloom each spring in a 50 acre rainbow of color.