Elevated freight railway turned wildly successful urban park.

Manhattan's Thirteenth Avenue was made on landfill then deliberately destroyed — apart from one small, obscure block.

A dilapidated dock tells the story of Titanic's missed arrival.

Everyone from Mark Twain to Teddy Roosevelt has a pipe hanging from the walls of this historic chophouse.

A bit of retro transportation flair preserved in the world's largest department store.

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

Two large-scale sculptures of Adam and Eve greet visitors in the nude at the Time Warner Center in NYC.

Manhattan's deadly West Side railroad, which killed hundreds of New Yorkers, is remembered by this simple plaque.

When life gives you Prohibition, open a bar in Juárez.

The second-largest cave chamber in the world was discovered in 1898 by a 16-year-old and a friend known as "Pothead."

This monument to the victims of a tragic explosion is said to turn and look at passing cars.

A 200-year-old bar is all that remains of one Mississippi River town's rough-and-tumble past.

One of the longest water bridges in the world was built over a supposedly haunted swamp in Louisiana.

Pensacola's UFO home has withstood many hurricanes—just as the experimental 1960s design intended.

Florida’s half-sized replica of the Vietnam Veterans Wall.

This 36-foot-tall bronze Lady Liberty holds a real flaming torch.

Take a monster truck tour around an ostrich farm in the middle of the desert.

A wild west cemetery in Tombstone, Arizona, provides a window into the Old West.

Before becoming a public park, this spot was a shell midden, a fort, and an amusement park.

An otherworldly musical haven in The Big Easy.

A 19th-century shrine covered with prosthetic body parts as votive offerings.

An abandoned warehouse turned art sanctuary in New Orleans.

Colorful, cheeky signs spill out of legendary New Orleans folk artist Dr. Bob's Bywater studio warning you to "Be Nice—Or Leave."

This knobby, drooping New Orleans oak is a favorite place both for climbing and for meeting giraffes.