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

This outdoor gallery of sculptures along the East River was once a landfill.

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

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

Two large-scale sculptures of Adam and Eve greet visitors in the nude at the Time Warner Center in NYC.

The highest rapid transit station in the world.

Stunningly detailed mosaics in a New York subway station bring life to the Weimaraners of artist William Wegman's work—and to thousands of commutes.

A modern addition to the Greenpoint skyline.

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

The longest continuous underwater road in North America was built at the insistence of Franklin Roosevelt.

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

New York's southernmost subway station is whimsically wavy.

2,000 barrels of aging beer hidden in a warehouse at the Brooklyn Navy Yard.

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

This Queens beer hall preserves a German culture and language that is all but lost.

Constructed in the 1920s, this former pencil factory is now an office building.

This hidden oasis features a stunning view of the Hudson River and the Palisades from a castle-like museum.

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

The home of aviation trailblazers, in a remote corner of the big city.

Spike Lee's provocative film is officially honored right where it was made, the first time a work of art was used as a secondary street name.

You must take the A train... to the last active cemetery in Manhattan.

A New York warehouse filled with an enormous amount of goods saved from the landfills and donated for creative use.

Possible relics of the ancient Roman city are hidden in this restaurant's façade.

Once a popular watering hole among longshoremen and shipyard workers, this neighborhood treasure spans more than 100 years of Red Hook history.