A graffiti Mecca welcoming artists from around the world.

Abandoned 19th century homes once occupied by naval officers, soon to be demolished.

An easy to overlook storefront hides some of the most authentic and regionally diverse Chinese food in New York.

An eerie diorama that captures the majestic nature of a few prehistoric-looking beasts.

Stunningly detailed mosaics in a New York subway station bring life to the Weimaraners of artist William Wegman's work—and to thousands of commutes.

This taxidermy scene brings the struggle for survival in the Indian jungle to a quiet corner of a Manhattan museum.

This poignant display is now a memorial to these regionally extinct species.

One of the most dazzling dioramas at the American Museum of Natural History is also one of the oldest.

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

This morbid scene depicts the Darwinian drama of death on the African savannah.

This impressive scene portrays the elusive forest giraffe of Central Africa.

The highest rapid transit station in the world.

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

This magnificent herd of stampeding elephants has been frozen in time for over a century.

A drawbridge named for a potentially intersex Polish national who fought alongside George Washington during the American Revolution, and an example of "Pulaski Red".

Here be dragons.

Nope, not Washington Irving's house.

One of the deadliest American air disasters is nearly forgotten in Brooklyn.

The longest continuous underwater road in North America was built at the insistence of Franklin Roosevelt.

A strip of modern stores in historic buildings.

Love is in the air along the small street in Brooklyn.

For 20 years, local pumpkins have met their fate on the iron fence surrounding this Cobble Hill home.

One-time largest man-made structure in the world will be a park in 30 years.

During the American Revolution, this mansion hosted failed peace talks between the British and Americans.