A replica of a 7th-century church hides in plain sight in the middle of the concrete jungle.

A memorial to the first person killed by a motor vehicle in the Western Hemisphere.

Hidden in Central Park's Ramble is a troublesome cave buried just beneath the surface.

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

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

This Upper East Side apartment co-op was designed as a tuberculosis sanitarium.

The preserved house of a jazz legend still echoes with his music.

The Vatican of the movie industry turned into an actual church.

This study room in the New York Public Library saw the creation of one of contemporary America's greatest traitors.

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

The former home of the reclusive "Weird Wendels" who dominated New York real estate a century before Donald Trump.

Hidden in an ordinary Midtown building is a one-room museum dedicated to the greatest escape artist.

A staggering collection of photographs depicting medical, social, and historical change.

Every animal in the torah taxidermied and crammed into a Brooklyn townhouse.

Built as a gift to the hottest tastemaker of the time, these hidden quarters remain an Art Deco showpiece.

This kaleidoscopic mural shows Bob Dylan throughout his transition from young troubadour to Nobel laureate.

One of two giant blue cockerel statues erected with an intentional double meaning.

This 1960s kinetic artwork has been restored and is once again whirling away in downtown Minneapolis.

Direct, creative challenge to Mother Nature's winter wrath.

A bronze statue on a downtown corner honors Minneapolis's favorite career gal.

The only arched bridge made of stone on the entire Mississippi River.

When flour explodes, it's not a pretty sight.

A toweringly silly piece of modern art has been delighting locals since the 1980s.

A butcher shop in Minneapolis has all the meats and cheeses you’d expect from any of its kind—except that all the products are vegan.