Someone really, really wanted to save this fast-food icon from demolition.

Modern art meets modern convenience in possibly the world's most architecturally important public bathroom.

This massive redwood tree has stood in Northern California for nearly 2,000 years.

A small cemetery chapel designed by Frank Lloyd Wright and built in 1906.

Vermont's hills are alive with the sound of music at this historic hotel.

This mansion on an island off the coast of Georgia once belonged to a 108-year-old heiress.

The world’s oldest and biggest bookstore stocking only mystery, crime fiction, espionage, and thrillers.

No passport is required to eat around the world at this elegant restaurant.

A replica of the famous memorial statue at the Normandy American Cemetery hides in an office building in downtown D.C.

This nine-story building is the oldest standing skyscraper in D.C.

The world's oldest soul food restaurant is also one of its best.

This stunning blue and gold room changed cities twice before becoming part of the Smithsonian.

Long-abandoned trolley tunnels just a mile away from the White House are turning into an art space.

Where you can hail your favorite fictional commanders-in-chief.

A beautiful and abandoned New York subway station from 1904, complete with chandelier.

These light, hollow rolls have been linked to Acadia National Park since the 1890s.

Franciscan monks created a facsimile of the Holy Land for North Americans who couldn’t afford the trip overseas.

A piece of baseball history is preserved in a Pittsburgh parking lot.

A winding, cliffside stretch of road overlooking the Delaware River.

A grand New York post office that is home to mailman Santas, scraps of postal history, and a pneumatic mail system.

Fake subway tiles were installed to cover a design that resembled the Confederate flag—it's unclear if the resemblance was intentional.

Where now stands a 42-story condominium tower of marble, glass and steel was once the central market of New York’s slave trade.

The site of the deadly Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire.

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