Overlooking the Colorado Convention Center is this giant sculpture made from thousands of triangles.

The lowest point in the state of Illinois, at the confluence of the Mississippi and Ohio rivers.

This mosaic-covered bar is brimming with curated curios.

In the early 1900s, hundreds of Black Americans found opportunity in this now-abandoned rural community.

The final resting place of a legendary science fiction author and his fraternal twin sister who died as an infant.

For one month, the fields and skies of Gibbon, Nebraska, come alive with one of the largest gatherings of sandhill cranes in North America.

Lured here by the promise of tens of thousands in gold, Jesse James started a quintessentially American trend of robbing trains in-motion.

The notorious couple camped at this site after a bloody shootout with police.

A small burial plot formerly stranded in the middle of a road.

Piled high inside this warehouse and coffee shop are salvaged goods that span every corner of the globe.

Step back in time while shopping inside this local store.

A place of great reverence for Trekkies everywhere, a hero's future birthplace.

A quiet and contemplative oasis in the middle of New York's bustle and riot.

This slender three-story building has also had several famous residents.

The saddest little diner in New York.

Once the tallest building in the world and the site of "the highest dinner ever held in New York" this building now holds the most expensive penthouse in the city.

During the 19th century, you could pay for violence off a prix fixe menu on this Manhattan street.

Avoid gangster interaction while window-shopping.

Established in 1937, the oldest candy shop in New York City boasts a rainbow-colored inventory that would make Willy Wonka envious.

The oldest surviving synagogue in New York City is now a soaring art space.

A notorious punk house turned co-op.

This former crime corner has been turned into an eclectic community center.

One of the few remaining American elm trees in New York’s Tompkins Square Park was the birthplace of a new religion.

A reminder to choose water over wine since 1888.