Fragments of architectural wonders from around the globe are embedded in the newspaper building's walls.

A journey begins with a single step, and for many, the road-trip of a lifetime started at this Chicago intersection.

Each of these gorgeous, intricately decorated rooms is painstakingly crafted to the scale of 1 inch: 1 foot.

Once at the center of U.S. finance, the historic Trading Room was meticulously recreated piece by piece and rebuilt in the Art Institute.

This alley in downtown Chicago held the bodies of over 600 people after the fateful Iroquois Theatre fire.

This memorial plaque remembers a strangely shallow maritime disaster known as "Chicago's Titanic."

This massive stained-glass masterpiece is thought to be the largest Tiffany dome in existence.

The wooden octagon in which Huckleberry Finn and A Connecticut Yankee were born can still be visited in upstate New York.

Ruins of a once-prized railroad station in New York.

The seat of Buffalo government is a gorgeous Art Deco palace.

The site of William McKinley's tragic assassination is only marked by an underwhelming boulder.

Learn about the last river many crossed to find freedom from slavery in the United States.

This seemingly cursed monument is dedicated to one of Canada's great war heroes.

One of many reminders of Tesla's scientific contributions overlooks the falls which inspired him.

Soaring over the Niagara Whirlpool since 1916.

This historic fort spans more the 300 years.

This statue commemorates the meeting of the most influential minds of the women’s rights movement.

A near tragic event on this bridge helped inspire the classic film "It's a Wonderful Life."

What remains of the simple red brick chapel where the women's rights movement began.

This Art Deco fortress in upstate New York gives Manhattan's vaunted examples of the style a run for their money.

This sound-art installation features songs composed using only the Mid-Hudson Bridge as an instrument.

"A hideous albatross in the Hudson River Valley."

An unassuming island in the middle of the Hudson that hosts campers, including Aleister Crowley.

The only intersection in America where the buildings on all four corners were built pre-Revolutionary War.