Sleep snuggled in a sphere suspended atop the forest canopy of Vancouver Island.

Beautiful mosaics cover the first stations opened on New York City's newest subway line.

America's oldest Eastern European synagogue provided the immigrants of crowded Lower East Side tenements a space of sanctuary.

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

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

The most confusing clock in New York.

Twice a day one of these tragic bronze mariners drowns with the tide to remember all those the sea has taken.

Built hundreds of years ago this downtown iron barrier once protected a much despised king.

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

In its day this historic fort held 100 cannons pointed in almost every direction to protect New York.

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

A posh members-only club with a literally dramatic history.

Commemorating the spot where the famous scientist fed his pigeons.

Hear the tales of New York's most notorious criminals.

Touching mementoes from those who didn't make it back from World War I still hang in one of New York's oldest bars.

An odd, ancient window that may have once been part of a brutal prison is embedded in the side of New York's Police Plaza.

Visit the site of a subway powered by nothing more than air--and lots of it.

Under a glass sidewalk lie the remains of some of Manhattan's oldest buildings.

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

This whimsical group of statues is a favorite of children who love to climb all over Lewis Carroll's beloved characters.

Everyone from Mark Twain to Teddy Roosevelt has a pipe hanging from the walls of this historic chophouse.

Lie in a hammock where George Washington stood.

New York City's only preserved family home from the 19th century.

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