This translucent sculpture represents a quintessential component of New York City's skyline.

New York City's only wildlife rehabilitation center treats more than 3,000 feathered and furry patients each year.

This hidden oasis features a stunning view of the Hudson River and the Palisades from a castle-like museum.

Walking around West Harlem reveals a scavenger hunt of beautiful bird murals.

This slender three-story building has also had several famous residents.

Revolutionary War casualties fill the only 17th century structure remaining in Manhattan.

This giant boulder is sandwiched between apartment complexes in upper Manhattan.

This anonymous businessman sculpted in bronze became an enduring memorial after 9/11, and had been mistaken by rescue workers for a survivor in the rubble.

Spiral-bound community recipes and antiquarian gems mingle at this small East Village shop.

A hidden bar inside an ad agency has a deliberately misleading name, so employees can stay late under pretext of paperwork.

You must take the A train... to the last active cemetery in Manhattan.

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

The front yard of an Upper East Side town house hides the last fragment of one of New York's most famous theatres.

A famous songsmith's custom piano, dubbed "High Society," is hidden just out of sight in one of New York's finest hotels.

A Gothic-style abode built to accommodate the church's three resident peacocks.

One of the city’s oldest watering holes was originally the home of a famous James Brown (not that one).

A Ukrainian church canteen doles out hearty fare in an East Village basement.

This narrow shop in the East Village hosts a matchmaking service for the new millennium.

What happens here stays here – unless it affects the whole world.

Underneath the bustling city streets, a hydroponic farm grows unique herbs in an urban oasis.

Join in a Seance at the Swedenborgian Church.

Hundreds of antique bank vault locks on display in New York City.

This Russian bar-restaurant lies within a three-story underground bathhouse.

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