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

A pedestrian island in the middle of world-famous Times Square emits a strange (and purposeful) humming noise.

Whisper secrets in a busy station only to be heard on the other side of this acoustic arch.

Order scoops of pandan, lychee, and black sesame at this family-run institution.

Elevated freight railway turned wildly successful urban park.

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

A beautiful and abandoned New York subway station from 1904, complete with chandelier.

This elaborate towering structure was once famed for its revolutionary height.

The sounds of the world's largest fully functioning pipe organ dazzle shoppers at a Philadelphia Macy's.

Ant sculptures march up the side of what used to be an iconic spot in punk rock lore.

The first American department store, and home to the largest operating musical instrument in the world.

This Philly cemetery is the eternal home of many famous area residents, including Rocky Balboa's wife.

San Francisco's newly reopened hands-on science museum.

A peculiar mansion built by the troubled heir to the Winchester Rifle Company fortune.

A glimpse into the lives of the the Miwok and Paiute people in Yosemite National Park.

Towering basalt columns, a creation of fire and ice.

The short oil boom of Venice Beach, and its swift removal from the tourism-laden landscape.

From pre-war whiskey cocktails to prohibition-era speakeasy secrecy, this bar has seen it all.

A giant donut stands as a popular symbol of Los Angeles iconography.

Scores of vintage street lamps shine along L.A.’s Miracle Mile.

Once strictly off-limits, this lower level housing curious and priceless vehicles of the Petersen Automotive Museum is now open to the public.

These delicate buggers are some of the rarest fossils that have bubbled up from the Tar Pits.

There are lots of hands and feet stamped in the cement in front of Grauman’s Chinese Theater, but Mel left behind something extra.

The "world's biggest dinosaur" once housed a creationist museum in its abdomen.