The American Revolution was galvanized into serious action due to the tragic clash with British soldiers that occurred at this location.

A former waterfront market is now in the center of town due to some interesting Boston engineering.

This massive tea kettle was once a promotional stunt for the Oriental Teashop.

The last remaining relic of San Francisco's glittering 1915 Panama Pacific Exposition.

Tiki luxury on Nob Hill.

In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.

A huge musical instrument played by the ocean.

Internationally known record store and purveyor of "dusties."

The bugs crawling down the front of this office building are almost as big as a '68 VW Beetle.

Remnants of the most densely packed city in world history, that thrived on anarchy for 30 years.

A towering tribute to decisiveness stands on the spot where Brigham Young and his followers decided that this must be the place.

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.

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

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

This titanic oil company sign is a reminder of the Americana boom of the 1970s and also its commoditization.

This was once the home of Gahan's Saloon, Denver's most storied speakeasy.

Once the most flame resistant building in the country, the South Carolina Historical Society building was almost burnt down in a fire.

Charleston's historic city jail once held everyone from pirates to Civil War POWs.

South Carolina's last remaining slavery auction house is now a museum devoted to its own tragic history.

The only way to see Pittsburgh is from the top of this lookout point, just like the ancient members of the native peoples did.

The largest university building in the West is a gothic masterpiece containing dozens of theme rooms based on different countries.

The United States’s oldest funicular railway glides up and down a steep Pittsburgh street.

Andy Griffith's hometown has made itself up to look like the fictional town of Mayberry.

A Bibliophile's Dream.