Not everyone enjoys firecrackers on the 4th of July. (Nat Farbman. 1954). 

Automobile and foot traffic come to a complete halt in rainy Times Square as President Roosevelt delivers a speech, July 4, 1941. The president spoke via radio from the library at his home in Hyde Park, N.Y. Photo: Tom Sande for the AP. Via

Residential tower in St. Petersburg, Russia. Designed by V.A. Sokhin, V.M. Sokolov, and P.V. Kurochkin (Lenniiproiekt), 1987. Referred to as “House on Chicken Legs” by locals.

Volkswagen Beetle parked on a street in San Francisco,