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.

Tucked away amidst some of the most famous addresses in the world is New York's only fraction of a street.

Slyly buy a shake in the Parker Meridien lobby.

A clock set into the concrete outside a Manhattan jeweler has been telling time underfoot for over a century.

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

Unrepaired walls from a 1920 anarchist bomb attack.

A WWI fighter plane and turn-of-the-century penny candy shop are among the unexpected features of this Financial District building.

Built hundreds of years ago this downtown iron barrier once protected a much despised king.

The last holdout of a pre-Civil War rebel who took the matter of slavery into his own hands.

This massive airship factory is so large that it has its own indoor weather.

The spectacular collection of one of the world's best woodcarvers.

Deep scars on the earth left by the Ice Age.

These beautiful wineries were at the center of Lake Erie's "grape belt" back when the Midwest dominated American wine production.

A favorite of Amelia Earhart, ranking among those rare bridges that can be crossed without changing sides of the river.

The only remnant of a small mining town is an abandoned railroad tunnel that is steeped in ghostly lore.

It took more than 20 years and a sharp eye for one man to assemble this quirky collection.

The largest earthwork effigy in the world.

A gas station has taken the place of the home of the 19th American President.

The inventor of a number of hybrid corn species is immortalized with a field of giant corn.

An office built to look like a giant basket.

Georges Seurat’s pointillist masterpiece has been recreated in Ohio in topiary form.

The largest ancient burial mound in Ohio.

Prison made famous by The Shawshank Redemption has been out of commission since 1990.