A Natural History and Science Emporium.

This neighborhood grocery houses a treasure trove of Eastern European delights.

At this site, two historic stone bridges spanning the Sing Sing Kill—one right on top of the other.

This monument pays tribute to the city’s contribution to basketball history.

A waterway covered over after the Industrial Revolution has been unearthed and cleaned up, for the enjoyment of fish and humans alike.

The only subway station in the city that still makes use of gap fillers.

An eerie diorama that captures the majestic nature of a few prehistoric-looking beasts.

The remnants of a luxurious resort that saw its peak in the 1970s and 1980s has been abandoned since 2009, leaving behind the wreckage of both the hotel and a beautiful ice skating rink.

This taxidermy scene brings the struggle for survival in the Indian jungle to a quiet corner of a Manhattan museum.

This poignant display is now a memorial to these regionally extinct species.

An homage to Jackie Gleason's bus-driving character from 'The Honeymooners.'

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

This morbid scene depicts the Darwinian drama of death on the African savannah.

The longest step street in the city.

This impressive scene portrays the elusive forest giraffe of Central Africa.

If it hadn't been caught in time, a flaw in the design of this Manhattan skyscraper could have led to its collapse.

The poet's been ambling through these New York woods since 1940.

Creating this diorama spurred naturalist Carl Akeley to begin advocating to protect the apes.

The highest rapid transit station in the world.

Built in the 1920s, this co-op in the Bronx feels more like an Italian villa than a typical New York apartment building.

Fake subway tiles were installed to cover a design that resembled the Confederate flag—it's unclear if the resemblance was intentional.

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

Here be dragons.

The summit Roosevelt conquered before he descended to become The Chief.