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

One of the only single-person private gravesites in New York City.

This castle-like building in Manhattan helped destigmatize cancer in the 19th century.

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

A museum collection honoring the long history of the FDNY is held in a disused Manhattan fire house.

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

A little lighthouse in New York City, surrounded by mysterious stories of insanity-driven construction.

This Dutch Colonial home is the oldest remaining farmhouse in Manhattan.

The site of the deadly Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire.

Commemorating the spot where the famous scientist fed his pigeons.

The rough and tumble president's childhood home displays the shirt he was once shot in and the speech that saved him.

The New York hotel where tragic visionary Nikola Tesla spent his final hours, destitute and alone but for the pigeons.

Visit the monolithic tomb of America's most famous general.

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

Lie in a hammock where George Washington stood.

This sculpture by artist Fritz Keonig survived the 9/11 attacks and now stands as a monument to the victims.

One of the last few places in Manhattan that employed a pneumatic systemic keeps it on display.

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

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

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

Tucked away amidst some of the most famous addresses in the world is New York's only fraction of a street.

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

Wall Street has a new heroine, a bronze statue of a small but fierce girl.

The name of this famed hospital was once a byword for the horrors of medical and psychiatric care.