The highest point in Tennessee, Clingmans Dome bears witness to the ravages of one type of insect.

This impressive scene portrays the elusive forest giraffe of Central Africa.

This hidden oasis features a stunning view of the Hudson River and the Palisades from a castle-like museum.

This city park was once a lookout point for George Washington’s army during the Battle of Brooklyn in 1776.

Those belting out show tunes might not realize this piano bar marks the site where Thomas Paine died in 1809.

The 28-foot granite map plots the locations of 40 theaters in New York City.

This exemplar of modernist architecture is meant to captivate and inspire students of the Cooper Union.

A dark patch of the ceiling at Grand Central Terminal which was not restored is still stained brown by tobacco.

The most confusing clock in New York.

The New York hotel where tragic visionary Nikola Tesla spent his final hours, destitute and alone but for the pigeons.

An oasis of calm amid the chaos of the boardwalk, the museum traces the heritage of this beloved beachside amusement park.

One of the last few places in Manhattan that employed a pneumatic systemic keeps it on display.

The Old Courthouse takes visitors on a captivating trip through St. Louis' timeline.

Less a museum than a bizarre fantasy world created by artists and engineers.

An angular maze of concrete in Grand Rapids acts both as public art and as a staircase for fish traveling upstream.

A Harvard-area eatery preserves the uncovered tiles of its century-old predecessor.

One of the last remaining movie theatres in the country that features a rear-projection system.

Millions of numbers carved in glass represent the tattoos forced upon victims.

One of the few remaining monuments dedicated to South Boston's Irish heritage.

This supermarket is suspended 25 feet above an interstate highway.

Memorial to a beloved puppeteer as well as all street performers.

This funeral home had the honor, if that is the correct word, of hosting the funeral of the famous Sacco and Vanzetti.

The hill that gave the Massachusett tribe, and later the state, its name.

Colorful clay cliffs tower over an unofficial nudist beach on Martha's Vineyard.