Washington's iconic carousel has a nice piece of Civil Rights history.

This vintage animatronics show is the Vegas version of a walk through the woods.

St. Augustine's record-setting narrow street was designed to protect against pirates.

The world's largest private aircraft collection.

An historic and oft-filmed spot for musclebound iron pumpers on the Pacific coast.

The front yard of an Upper East Side town house hides the last fragment of one of New York's most famous theatres.

"We Seceded Where Others Failed."

A much-maligned monument to teetotalism.

The fanciest public restroom in New York City boasts fresh flowers, art, and a classical music soundtrack.

The taxidermied remains of a once-great parrot.

Once called the "Polish Gold Coast" it is an icon of the neighborhood that bears its same name.

This spiny beast guards an artist's village while vying for the title of largest lobster in the world.

A small triangle of DC grass is the final resting place of one of Sonny and Cher's songs.

A little marble compass above George Washington's (empty) tomb in the Capitol marks where D.C.'s four quadrants intersect.

An enormous illuminated figure dances on the Las Vegas strip.

Perhaps the most scandalous statue of America's first president.

Legendary frontman of the Doors looms in this giant mural by famed Venice muralist, Rip Cronk.

This outdoor gallery of graffiti-covered walls pays homage to the past, present, and possible future of street art.

A unusual sanctuary for abused and exotic animals in South Jersey.

Decades before the scandal, this staircase on the river was a literal "water gate."

A former waterfront market is now in the center of town due to some interesting Boston engineering.

A little lighthouse in New York City, surrounded by mysterious stories of insanity-driven construction.

The birthplace of American international flight service has been turned into a celebrity's microbrewery.

An icon among Florida's pre-Disney tourist attractions.