The last living thing to come out of the rubble after 9/11 is now a symbol of hope and resilience.

A replica of a 7th-century church hides in plain sight in the middle of the concrete jungle.

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

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

The most confusing clock in New York.

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

Salute the leader of the proletariat.

Commemorating the spot where the famous scientist fed his pigeons.

A curious fountain that has no water and includes Satan, a crab, and 9 giraffes.

The oldest living tree in Manhattan comes shrouded in sinister legend.

This wall on a street corner in Lower Manhattan has been a blank canvas for a rotation of renowned artists since the 1980s.

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

Visit the monolithic tomb of America's most famous general.

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

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

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

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

Slyly buy a shake in the Parker Meridien lobby.

A popular European tradition makes its way to the states on one of America's most famous bridges.

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

An uber-secure, windowless tower of doom in the center of Manhattan is an NSA spyscraper.

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

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

Once the tallest building in the world and the site of "the highest dinner ever held in New York" this building now holds the most expensive penthouse in the city.