The only subway station in the city that still makes use of gap fillers.

New York's southernmost subway station is whimsically wavy.

100 massive sculptures in the Hudson River Valley.

In 1986, Keith Haring was arrested for painting this anti-drug mural on a Harlem handball court.

The longest continuous underwater road in North America was built at the insistence of Franklin Roosevelt.

Whisper secrets in a busy station only to be heard on the other side of this acoustic arch.

A drawbridge named for a potentially intersex Polish national who fought alongside George Washington during the American Revolution, and an example of "Pulaski Red".

Elevated freight railway turned wildly successful urban park.

An artist's cute bronze subway sculptures belie his violent artistic past.

The most confusing clock in New York.

Hordes of precariously balanced stone figures crowd the shores of the Hudson River.

Little Red Lighthouse under the George Washington Bridge.

This sculpture by artist Fritz Keonig survived the 9/11 attacks and now stands as a monument to the victims.

An institution dedicated to the towering buildings that make up skylines in New York City and around the world.

The smallest island in Manhattan is a manmade landfill dominated by a Buddhist peace arch.

This whimsical group of statues is a favorite of children who love to climb all over Lewis Carroll's beloved characters.

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

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

Beautiful mosaics cover the first stations opened on New York City's newest subway line.

One of only two commuter aerial tramways in the United States.

The oldest family-run luncheonette in New York, last renovated in 1948, still serves food and drinks the old-fashioned way.

Curious crustaceans support an obelisk from ancient Egypt that now stands in modern-day Central Park.

The lesser-known Alice sculpture of Central Park dedicated to the “godmother of American children.”

The front yard of an Upper East Side town house hides the last fragment of one of New York's most famous theatres.