This inanimate goat created by the "welding nun" has been helping to clean up the city of Spokane for more than 40 years.

A relief that wraps around the concourse of Los Angeles's World Trade Center marks one of the city's failed urban design plans.

A remnant of the original World Trade Center complex continues to serve as a commuter gateway.

This cemetery has graves dating back to the 17th century, including the city's oldest carved tombstone and an ominous cryptogram.

This subterranean oyster house has been the pearl of Grand Central Station since 1913.

Currently housing a corporate bank branch this building at the southern tip of Manhattan was once the gateway to luxury vacationing.

Wall Street has a new heroine, a bronze statue of a small but fierce girl.

This curved Manhattan building was built to house the opulence of John D. Rockefeller's oil empire.

Unrepaired walls from a 1920 anarchist bomb attack.

Built hundreds of years ago this downtown iron barrier once protected a much despised king.

The home of the first American-born saint is one of the only curved buildings in New York.

Manhattan’s Battery Park has a whimsical carousel full of spinning, glowing fish.

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

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

A Manhattan office building is home to the world's largest chess board.

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

Fake subway tiles were installed to cover a design that resembled the Confederate flag—it's unclear if the resemblance was intentional.

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.

There are owls with glowing eyes in Herald Square.

A dark patch of the ceiling at Grand Central Terminal which was not restored is still stained brown by tobacco.

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

This Manhattan skyscraper is a reminder of the brief but glorious age of urban air taxis.

Rat sculptures try to infiltrate the Graybar Building in an architectural tribute to New York City's nautical history.

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