One of the oldest used bookstores in the U.S. has been selling antiquarian treasures since 1825.

A remnant from the golden age of aviation still in use today, Pan Am's Clipper service took off from this Art Deco gem.

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.

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

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

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.

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

Here be dragons.

Outstanding taxidermy dioramas showcase the grandeur of the continent's wildlife with spooky realism.

Magnificent New Deal Murals evoke a time when New York City harbor was one of the world's greatest and busiest ports.

The one-time epicenter of American songwriting is now a little remembered Manhattan commercial block.

This small New York museum examines Chinese history from its origins right up to its arrival in the city.

The 28-foot granite map plots the locations of 40 theaters in New York City.

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

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

Avoid gangster interaction while window-shopping.

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

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

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

One of only two commuter aerial tramways in the United States.

Try not to get slimed in Tribeca.

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