This Bronx apartment building is officially recognized as the birthplace of hip-hop.

New York's southernmost subway station is whimsically wavy.

Brooklyn vintners creating world-class wine in a city not known for its vineyards.

The home of aviation trailblazers, in a remote corner of the big city.

These former Nazi anti-aircraft towers offer a singular view of the north of Berlin in the summer, and a sanctuary for bats in winter.

This monument to a veteran of the Mexican-American War is one of only two in Manhattan that serve as an actual mausoleum.

The first piece of public art dedicated to LGBT rights.

Creating this diorama spurred naturalist Carl Akeley to begin advocating to protect the apes.

One of the most enjoyable bits of history at Coney Island and “the most romantic ride in the world.”

The ballpark in "Pigtown" where the Brooklyn Dodgers made their name was replaced with a huge apartment complex.

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

Outstanding taxidermy dioramas showcase the grandeur of the continent's wildlife with spooky realism.

This historic building housed the surviving crew members of the Titanic, who were left destitute after the wreck.

One of many reminders of Tesla's scientific contributions overlooks the falls which inspired him.

This former crime corner has been turned into an eclectic community center.

The 28-foot granite map plots the locations of 40 theaters in New York City.

Empty, but not abandoned, this cavernous Brooklyn loading dock was once considered the largest individual building in the world.

One of the few remaining American elm trees in New York’s Tompkins Square Park was the birthplace of a new religion.

100 massive sculptures in the Hudson River Valley.

Oldest existing church in New York and the inspiration for Washington Irving's "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow."

Spinning silently in the lobby of an Art Deco masterwork is a massive vintage model of the Earth.

A clock set into the concrete outside a Manhattan jeweler has been telling time underfoot for over a century.

One of the last few places in Manhattan that employed a pneumatic systemic keeps it on display.

For over 30 years the walls of this Harlem schoolyard have been a gallery of street art by "Kings and better."