This metal eagle one of the final remnants of a newspaper that wanted to keep Brooklyn to Brooklyn.

The real "father of baseball" rests in Brooklyn.

A monument commemorating the discoverer of radio astronomy.

A collaborative art project that transformed a neighborhood in NYC's Queens.

A dark, dank room in subterranean Manhattan was the site of a ghastly murder.

Unusual books about food and drink abound in this 19th-century New York townhouse.

An aptly-named street near the birthplace of the modern LGBT rights movement.

Jimi Hendrix's legendary recording studio in Greenwich Village.

The headquarters of the famous Yale society.

This enormous abandoned factory is now a makeshift graffiti gallery.

Yale University's home for rare works, including the mysterious Voynich Manuscript.

The oldest still-operating tavern in the United States was once owned by a pirate.

Mysterious stone tower featured in many alternative histories of the New World.

A single light illuminates one man's overshadowed contributions to street lamp history.

An ode to Japanese artist Hokusai, with a bit of a comical twist.

The second oldest Jewish graveyard in the U.S. is tiny, with connections to George Washington and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.

Eco-friendly island mansion.

Abandoned Coast Artillery fort now serves as graffiti canvas and sightseeing vantage point.

The secluded beach getaway from Wes Anderson's dreamy summer romance.

A 19th century library favored by Edgar Allan Poe and H.P. Lovecraft, known by locals as "the Ath."

A work of art that pays homage to a Victorian timepiece in Providence.

Rhode Island's tallest building bears a resemblance to the "Daily Planet" building and has been empty for more than five years.

"X" marks the spot of an echo chamber in the middle of a plaza.

A pink and gray pair of pachyderms advertise a fireworks shop.