Built as a gift to the hottest tastemaker of the time, these hidden quarters remain an Art Deco showpiece.

Under a glass sidewalk lie the remains of some of Manhattan's oldest buildings.

Three-story slide through the New Museum.

Lie in a hammock where George Washington stood.

Bowl in splendor, if you're lucky.

A popular European tradition makes its way to the states on one of America's most famous bridges.

Plot your trip through the city on the sidewalk.

The oldest house in Manhattan is now a museum that remembers the home's sordid history of scandals, vice-presidents, and ghosts.

This Wall Street bar was once a hub of revolutionary activity where Washington famously bid farewell to his troops.

A very classy 1920s-era bar right in Grand Central Station.

The oldest operating apothecary in the US has treated everyone from Thomas Edison to Mark Twain.

On the top floor of an upscale department store stands a lavish restaurant housed in a replica of a luxury French dining car.

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

New York City's smallest piece of private property.

Read a book next to a Midtown waterfall.

Yo, Adrian!

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

Huge masonic hall in Philadelphia with lavishly themed rooms.

This lush forest valley was once mined for lumber to the extent that it was once nicknamed "The Pennsylvania Desert."

"Dark Sky Park" is heaven on Earth for astronomers, one of the rare U.S. locations with no artificial light pollution.

When the Austin Dam failed it destroyed much of Austin...and then it failed again.

Once the "Eighth Wonder of the World," this iron railroad bridge was decimated by a tornado.

A failed piece of Orientalism has become the proud symbol of a community.

An outlandish shoe shaped house built by an eccentric millionaire.