Chicago’s incendiary role in the labor movement.

Illegal drag racing two stories beneath Chicago’s streets.

The hometown of Popeye's creator is littered with a growing collection of granite cartoon characters.

An abandoned factory along the Mississippi coated by a giant mural.

A kitschy, creepy St. Louis mainstay.

A former waterfront market is now in the center of town due to some interesting Boston engineering.

These chunky stone towers out in Lake Michigan are the key to Chicago’s drinking water.

A century-old hotspot for jazz, frequented by everyone from Charlie Chaplin to Al Capone.

Thanks to a quirk of elevation this gift shop produces magic doughnuts that are found nowhere else on Earth.

Traditional 15th century Chinese garden in the middle of Vancouver.

In one Chicago park, a trio of werewolves are waiting to devour their fallen brethren.

The remnants of two World's Fairs are here, complete with a 12-story globe, a mini-Manhattan, and a UFO-shaped pavilion.

This block in downtown Brooklyn was a hotbed of antislavery activism along the Underground Railroad.

Parking lot where a Chicago mayor was inaugurated under very sketchy circumstances.

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

The iconic Chicago sculpture hides a beautiful and easily overlooked plaque on the backside.

The king of U.S. high points towers over every other peak on the continent.

While it now takes more than a dime to open an account this historic Brooklyn bank still displays the opulence of the gilded age in which it was built.

Once a popular watering hole among longshoremen and shipyard workers, this neighborhood treasure spans more than 100 years of Red Hook history.

Take in a rare, face-to-face glimpse of Lady Liberty at this tucked away Red Hook park.

This wall on a street corner in Lower Manhattan has been a blank canvas for a rotation of renowned artists since the 1980s.

The greatest real estate coup of all time.

An acoustic anomaly with a mysterious cause.

A once crucial portion of the Long Island railroad still lays abandoned, waiting to be turned into an urban park.