One of the most dazzling dioramas at the American Museum of Natural History is also one of the oldest.

Once a flowing stream and where the USS Monitor, the world's first ironclad, was built and launched.

A quick trip around the globe through an amazing miniature exhibit.

A ruthless Soviet relocation campaign birthed a new cuisine, and this humble restaurant.

Outstanding taxidermy dioramas showcase the grandeur of the continent's wildlife with spooky realism.

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

A former seaside jewel built for the everyman is now simply a neglected art deco fortress.

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

A curious fountain that has no water and includes Satan, a crab, and 9 giraffes.

Avoid gangster interaction while window-shopping.

A dark, dank room in subterranean Manhattan was the site of a ghastly murder.

A three-story copper skybridge connects two Manhattan buildings with Art Deco luxury.

The highest rapid transit station in the world.

Neoclassical bank designed by NY architects Helmle & Huberty.

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

The famed amusement district marks the beginning of summer with a wild procession of nautical creatures.

This enormous banquet-themed artwork honors over 1,000 notable women throughout history.

A tree that grows parallel to the ground was declared Brooklyn's "crowning curio" by the poet who saved it.

Tucked in a nondescript downtown Brooklyn mall is a bar containing a remarkable turn of the century anatomical wax collection last seen in 1920s Berlin.

The awe-inspiring ship from the golden era of cruising has an incomparable history and a reputation as one of the world’s most haunted places.

This centerpiece of the Hollywood & Highland shopping center is a recreation of a long-lost movie set.

Most famous work of one of Frank Lloyd Wright's sons.

This glamorous old building is said to have inspired the Tower of Terror.

High on a hill overlooking Los Angeles lives a world famous, high power conical Tesla Coil.