Down the road from where the Wright brothers lifted off is another flight tribute practically hidden from sight in the woods.

The "lovely red Vega" of the legendary record-settling pilot.

A pre-Industrial Age iron furnace and the site of a nearly-forgotten piece of Black history.

This bug-eyed water wheel uses the power of the Sun to clean up Baltimore Harbor.

A dilapidated dock tells the story of Titanic's missed arrival.

Twice a day one of these tragic bronze mariners drowns with the tide to remember all those the sea has taken.

The last remnants of what was once one of the world's grandest hotels can now be found in a Manhattan subway station.

A curious fountain that has no water and includes Satan, a crab, and 9 giraffes.

The "Seinfeld" diner.

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

A very classy 1920s-era bar right in Grand Central Station.

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

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

Elevated freight railway turned wildly successful urban park.

The birthplace of American international flight service has been turned into a celebrity's microbrewery.

Despite violent work crews and massive delays this abandoned canal tunnel was built to last into the modern day.

The only royal palace on U.S. soil has been a territorial capitol, a military headquarters, and a prison for a queen.

Dedicated to the art and science of glass in equal measure, this space is as much laboratory as museum.

Look closely and you’ll notice that the color changes a third of the way up the tower.

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

The oldest cemetery in New Orleans, resting peacefully for over 200 years now.

Hollywood's most famous landmark, the "temporary" sign that has stood for decades longer than intended.

It was once the base for a series of domestic terror attacks.

A local prank turned town icon.