Sniff the Titan Arum's rotting flesh.

This exemplar of modernist architecture is meant to captivate and inspire students of the Cooper Union.

"the sweltering inhabitants of Charleston and New Orleans, of Madras and Bombay and Calcutta, drink at my well . . . The pure Walden water is mingled with the sacred water of the Ganges."

The 340-year-old house that inspired the classic Nathaniel Hawthorne novel.

The world's largest piece of copyrighted artwork.

Two thousand artifacts from around the world collected by one woman who loved to travel.

Macabre headstones carved with winged skulls, dancing skeletons, and pithy reminders of impending death.

The American Revolution was galvanized into serious action due to the tragic clash with British soldiers that occurred at this location.

This massive tea kettle was once a promotional stunt for the Oriental Teashop.

A layered tribute to the work of mosaicist Isaiah Zagar.

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

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

Elevated freight railway turned wildly successful urban park.

The most confusing clock in New York.

First a horse rendering plant, then a 19th century landfill, this beach is full of glass from thousands upon thousands of broken bottles.