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

This Wall Street bar was once a hub of revolutionary activity where Washington famously bid farewell to his troops.

Slyly buy a shake in the Parker Meridien lobby.

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

This mosaic dedicated to John Lennon was tended for years by a Beatles super-fan.

Though its celestial ceiling is impressive, the true star is the vast collection of French books.

A very classy 1920s-era bar right in Grand Central Station.

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

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

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

Under a glass sidewalk lie the remains of some of Manhattan's oldest buildings.

The feral felines of Roosevelt Island have a small army of allies and an abandoned hospital all to themselves.

Elevated freight railway turned wildly successful urban park.

A crumbling hospital from the 1850s on Roosevelt Island.

A dilapidated dock tells the story of Titanic's missed arrival.

Stare out over the lagoon and beyond from this 10th-century campanile on the island where the city of Venice began.

This Roman statue is missing a limb from when the Venetians stole it from Constantinople during the Crusades.

The small peaceful island off the Venice tourist circuit is where the city began more than 1,500 years ago.

A sinister pyramid in the Frari contains the heart of the famous neoclassical sculptor.

This community on a small Venetian island has taken to painting their houses in bright neon hues.