Inky sludge oozes to the surface of this beach thanks to a rare natural tar seep.

Happy harbor seals frolic and snooze on this warm, sandy stretch of coast.

Visitors to this library are in for a real-world education in modernist architecture.

Hidden in Central Park's Ramble is a troublesome cave buried just beneath the surface.

This theater opened in 1998, but both the building and the puppeteers who perform there have a distinguished history.

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

A memorial to the first person killed by a motor vehicle in the Western Hemisphere.

Long the exclusive domain of birds and vagabonds, this little-known Central Park peninsula is open to the public once more.

This mosaic dedicated to John Lennon was tended for years by a Beatles super-fan.

A replica of the first public theater built in California.

This small town bank is very aware of its name thank you very much.

The fastest mail service in the west is tracked and memorialized along this 1,400 mile trail.

What was meant to be a temporary exhibit is now a permanent fixture at the St. Louis Zoo filled with beautiful birds.

The Magic House provides a beautiful and creative environment for curious youngsters to get their knowledge on.

This former small town was destroyed not by the motor oil it sprayed the ground with but by the toxic waste that was added.

The house where the famed outlaw was shot by a dirty coward is now a museum to the criminal's legacy.

What was once a presidential estate is now an exotic menagerie and home to the Budweiser Clydesdales.

The maximum security facility was once thought to have "the bloodiest 47 acres in America."

This quirky curiosity shop takes its cues from the world's bazaars.

Performers, intricate sets, and a real speakeasy tell the story of the 18th Amendment.

An early-19th-century hotel with a past that is steeped in the Civil War.

You’ve heard of bookworms, but this small sculpture at a university library may be the world’s first bookbee.

The first public building in Savannah to offer air conditioning was a luxurious cinema that still operates today.

One of Savannah's oldest and most haunted cemeteries, featuring graves desecrated by Sherman's Union Army.