This historic building housed the surviving crew members of the Titanic, who were left destitute after the wreck.

A sculptural commentary on capitalism pokes up from the East River.

The first "Hall of Fame" in America was designed by legendary Gilded Age architect Stanford White for what was then the NYU uptown campus.

This exemplar of modernist architecture is meant to captivate and inspire students of the Cooper Union.

Salute the leader of the proletariat.

In its day this historic fort held 100 cannons pointed in almost every direction to protect New York.

A small peaceful park and waterfall tucked amid the urban grind of Midtown Manhattan.

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

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

The oldest surviving synagogue in New York City is now a soaring art space.

Sniff the Titan Arum's rotting flesh.

The "Seinfeld" diner.

This whimsical group of statues is a favorite of children who love to climb all over Lewis Carroll's beloved characters.

A semi-scholarly approach to sex.

A miniature rainforest is growing inside of a Midtown Manhattan office building.

Elevated freight railway turned wildly successful urban park.

Dodge prohibitionists and slide through the telephone booth in Crif Dogs.

This neo-Gothic former auto showroom is one of the few remaining reminders of Brooklyn's "Automobile Row."

Michael Jackson got Bad and Crocodile Dundee walked on heads in this iconic Brooklyn subway station.

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

A decommissioned military complex that's now a modern industrial park.

These century-old townhouses contain some of the first car garages built in the United States.

A ruthless Soviet relocation campaign birthed a new cuisine, and this humble restaurant.

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