Hidden inside one of the world's most well-visited zoos is a secret plaque promising eternal life.

The first and only carousel with a lineup entirely of insects.

A drawbridge named for a potentially intersex Polish national who fought alongside George Washington during the American Revolution, and an example of "Pulaski Red".

A mysterious statue of a leather jacket-clad rebel leans coolly on an odd yellow clock.

A collaborative art project that transformed a neighborhood in NYC's Queens.

A self-made museum in Queens, New York continues to display the work of a sculptor known for paving his own way.

A mass grave for victims of one of the city’s worst fires.

A way to take your secrets to someone else's grave.

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

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

The feral felines of Roosevelt Island have a small army of allies and an abandoned hospital all to themselves.

A semi-scholarly approach to sex.

Elevated freight railway turned wildly successful urban park.