A pedestrian island in the middle of world-famous Times Square emits a strange (and purposeful) humming noise.

Phil Mortillaro uses keys to bring art back to the Village.

This historic address is home to the beloved ball and is an almost totally empty building among the most expensive real estate in the world.

This Fifth Avenue church has long been the favored worshiping place of Broadway actors and vaudeville performers.

There are owls with glowing eyes in Herald Square.

There must be a pun in this haystack somewhere...

A bit of retro transportation flair preserved in the world's largest department store.

A masterpiece of LGBT art has been restored in what may now be the most valuable restroom in America.

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

Elevated freight railway turned wildly successful urban park.

Concrete strongholds stand guard over the Golden Gate.

A walk-in working camera obscura produces 360-degree live images of the San Francisco coast.

This private residence was the template for one of the most beloved television homes of all time.

Relics of the 1894 Midwinter Exposition continue to delight visitors today.

Carnivorous plants, medieval aphrodisiacs, and the largest original wood structure glass conservatory in the western hemisphere.

Golden Gate Park's historic collection of plants.

The best place in the park to test out your throwing arm.

San Francisco's newly reopened hands-on science museum.

Prone to disastrous fires, the city of San Francisco has the Guardian, a fireboat gifted by residents, to watch over them from the bay.

A still functioning vaudeville carousel that has operated for over a century boasts a colorful menagerie and past.

A pair of pure white felines guard the entrance to a spot of California real estate established as an artist's haven.

From the sky, a kaleidoscope of color brightens the grey landscape of the San Francisco Bay.

This giant shopping mall still holds signs of its automotive past.

A giant chess set, minus the psychedelic drug trip.