At night, this glittering musical tunnel draws skaters and photographers.

An old spiral fire escape dangles above a public courtyard in Midtown Oklahoma City.

A museum packed with instruments, lyrics, and other mementos of the American folk icon.

Standing at 21-feet tall, this space cowboy adds to the legacy of Route 66's muffler men.

One of the best examples of Art Deco architecture in the United States.

The collection is housed in an exquisite mansion that makes you feel like you've been transported to an Italian villa.

A former chicken restaurant that doubled as a speakeasy is now a quirky home full of wonderfully strange traditions.

An acoustic anomaly with a mysterious cause.

The headquarters of the famous Yale society.

Elevated freight railway turned wildly successful urban park.

A propulsion engine testbed that paved the way for the Space Shuttle launch sits without recognition at this rocket center.

It may look like no more than a full-scale model, but every part of this full Space Shuttle stack had a working role in aviation history.

Bananas are often left for the first monkey America ever recovered alive after being launched into space.

The only depiction of Abraham Lincoln holding a weapon, and the names of all 9,000 Cuyahoga veterans of the Civil War.

Marvel at this turn-of-the-century masterpiece that has been turned into a rather stately supermarket.

Funded by John D. Rockefeller, this is one of the earliest, and most beautiful, shopping arcades in America.

The angel of death appears to weep black tears at this grave marker.

This advertisement for talcum powder was painted on the rock face and has since defied removal.

Built in the 1850s, this church was of the first five churches constructed in Harper's Ferry.

This shale formation along the Appalachian Trail once inspired the third president of the United States.

This statue honors the author's groundbreaking family story.

A Maryland museum dedicated to Black history, housed in a historic church.

What began as an art installation is now the private drinkhaüs for a brewery's employees.

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