Two New York rooftops are home to the largest rooftop soil farms in the world.

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

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

The most confusing clock in New York.

A pedestrian island in the middle of world-famous Times Square emits a strange (and purposeful) humming noise.

Hollywood's most famous landmark, the "temporary" sign that has stood for decades longer than intended.

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

This historic address is home to the beloved ball and is an almost totally empty building among the most expensive real estate in the world.

Famously misunderstood wonder of the ancient world

The palatial McDonald's that inspired Wesley Willis.

This 13-foot smiling peanut in Georgia helped Jimmy Carter win the 1976 presidential election.

The mysterious wonder of an underground waterfall is illuminated by multicolored lights.

A band of aerialists and circus performers putting on incredible shows in East Williamsburg.

During the 19th century, you could pay for violence off a prix fixe menu on this Manhattan street.

Manhattan's lighthouse, erected at the insistence of the unsinkable Molly Brown.

Once a popular watering hole among longshoremen and shipyard workers, this neighborhood treasure spans more than 100 years of Red Hook history.

A strip of modern stores in historic buildings.

A Red Hook dive bar that is holding onto its roots.

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

Red Hook's massive public pool, built by Robert Moses.

Neon signs that grace the windows of Bergdorf Goodman's and Tiffany & Co. come from this studio in Brooklyn.

The world's largest collection of materials relating to lesbian history is housed in a Brooklyn townhouse.

Volunteer-run library dedicated to exploring five decades of activism history.

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