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

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

Hidden in plain sight on a pair of Manhattan subway tunnels are a pair of public instruments that sing to each other.

Commemorating the spot where the famous scientist fed his pigeons.

The fanciest public restroom in New York City boasts fresh flowers, art, and a classical music soundtrack.

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

Blighted Irish field and the ruins of a 19th-century cottage on the edge of urban Manhattan.

A hidden "place of interment for gentlemen."

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

The world’s oldest and biggest bookstore stocking only mystery, crime fiction, espionage, and thrillers.

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

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

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

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

Lie in a hammock where George Washington stood.

Brooklyn vintners creating world-class wine in a city not known for its vineyards.

Tucked in a nondescript downtown Brooklyn mall is a bar containing a remarkable turn of the century anatomical wax collection last seen in 1920s Berlin.

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

A museum devoted to bringing to light forgotten or neglected histories through exhibitions, education and public programming.

This city park was once a lookout point for George Washington’s army during the Battle of Brooklyn in 1776.

Sniff the Titan Arum's rotting flesh.

A tree that grows parallel to the ground was declared Brooklyn's "crowning curio" by the poet who saved it.

A Victorian cemetery in the heart of Brooklyn remains a popular mecca of morbid curiosity.

19th century cemetery hidden in Brooklyn's Prospect Park.