The artist and New York City icon lived, worked and died in this converted carriage house owned by another iconic artist, Andy Warhol.

These historic buildings once housed the headquarters of one of the most infamous gangs of New York.

New York City's only preserved family home from the 19th century.

Touching mementoes from those who didn't make it back from World War I still hang in one of New York's oldest bars.

This exemplar of modernist architecture is meant to captivate and inspire students of the Cooper Union.

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

Avoid gangster interaction while window-shopping.

During the 19th century, you could pay for violence off a prix fixe menu on this Manhattan street.

This historic address is home to the beloved ball and is an almost totally empty building among the most expensive real estate in the world.

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

Originally built as a promotional giveaway, this suburban house was designed to be an IRL version of the Simpson home.

Back in 1952, you could get a mushroom cloud chaser with your atomic cocktail.

Dyed by iron oxide over centuries, these sandstone rocks rise thousands of feet into the sky.

Brightly colored 30-foot-tall totems light up the desert sky just outside Las Vegas.

Giant, natural amphitheaters made of delicate geological formations called "hoodoos."

This giant temperature attraction created some giant electric bills.

One of the few remaining carousels built by master amusement park carver Charles I.D. Looff.

An extraordinarily ornate museum in San Diego holds wondrous anthropological treasures.

The so-called "Bridge of Thighs" in Palm Springs allows nudists to discreetly cross the road.

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

A desert ghost town—occupied for only 12 years—was once home to more than 500 silver mines.

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

Costumed elves and mountain bikers co-exist peacefully at this abandoned Christmas-themed adventure park.

Oldest building in California still in use.