A dark patch of the ceiling at Grand Central Terminal which was not restored is still stained brown by tobacco.

Avoid gangster interaction while window-shopping.

Blighted Irish field and the ruins of a 19th-century cottage on the edge of urban Manhattan.

An uber-secure, windowless tower of doom in the center of Manhattan is an NSA spyscraper.

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

A miniature rainforest is growing inside of a Midtown Manhattan office building.

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

Read a book next to a Midtown waterfall.

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

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

Wall Street has a new heroine, a bronze statue of a small but fierce girl.

Locals place their offerings on this nightmarish gnarled tree so the witches won't summon another storm.

This whimsical group of statues is a favorite of children who love to climb all over Lewis Carroll's beloved characters.

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

This museum devoted to the gothic author holds such interesting ephemera as his socks and walking stick.

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

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

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

This charming colonial alleyway is one of the oldest continuously used residential streets in the U.S.

America's most famous museum of medical oddities is home to the remains of Albert Einstein's brain.

A plaque marking the famous abolitionist's birthplace often overlooked by visitors to the nearby Charles Sumner House.

The former site of an all-but-forgotten colonial landmark is now remembered by an often overlooked bas relief.

An interesting decoration on this historic site, this weathervane comes with as many legends as it does questions.