Elevated freight railway turned wildly successful urban park.

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

A reminder to choose water over wine since 1888.

Once called Winthrop Park in 1889, home to a decidedly sexy tribute to the Monitor vs. Merrimac battle.

This striking arch, one of the first architectural elements constructed in Prospect Park, was recently restored to its original glory.

A commemorative plaque hides a door that leads down to the New York Public Library's underground book bunker.

Known as the "Forgotten City" it was home to industry, riots, artists, squatters, and to one of the largest single disaster fires in New York City.

A no-frills cinephile haven known for showing offbeat, underseen films.

A Wisconsin kitsch palace from the 1930s lives its second life in 21st-century Brooklyn.

Holding the most bodies of any cemetery in the United States.

Every dish is blessed in this basement eatery beneath a Hare Krishna temple.

This beautiful Brooklyn monument over a crypt memorializes a grim and largely unknown story from the American Revolution.

If Myrtle Beach is the mini golf capital of the world, this is its crowning glory.

This maze-like, oceanfront gift shop—the nation’s largest— has been serving kitsch to the Myrtle Beach community for over 80 years.

This North Carolina museum is keeping the pinball craze alive, with a little Space Invaders on the side.

You can find America's highest suspension footbridge at Grandfather Mountain in North Carolina.

One of the oldest Black communities in western North Carolina and one of the largest Black Mennonite congregations in the country.

One street divides a single town that stands in two U.S. states.

The highest point in Virginia can only be reached by passing through ponies and flowers.

A 30-foot-tall cement chair pays tribute to a historic design and a local industry.

A six-foot pair of socks hangs from a drawer of the world's largest bureau.

For more than 150 years, this cemetery has served as the final resting place for many members of Wilmington's Black community.

A curious collection of oddities including a lock of Alexander Hamilton's hair and Harry Houdini's ouija board.

Captain John Smith thought these cliffs were amazing in 1608 but sharks thought so 20 million years before him.