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

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

This sculpture by artist Fritz Keonig survived the 9/11 attacks and now stands as a monument to the victims.

A very classy 1920s-era bar right in Grand Central Station.

Slyly buy a shake in the Parker Meridien lobby.

One of only two commuter aerial tramways in the United States.

This little museum is built on a theater that was once a wildly elaborate speakeasy.

Mysterious 500-year-old tapestries depict a unicorn hunt.

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

A celebration of capitalism in Midtown.

A miniature rainforest is growing inside of a Midtown Manhattan office building.

A pedestrian island in the middle of world-famous Times Square emits a strange (and purposeful) humming noise.

This cemetery has graves dating back to the 17th century, including the city's oldest carved tombstone and an ominous cryptogram.

Order scoops of pandan, lychee, and black sesame at this family-run institution.

Read a book next to a Midtown waterfall.

Whisper secrets in a busy station only to be heard on the other side of this acoustic arch.

A hip bar decorated with walls of golden skulls.

The feral felines of Roosevelt Island have a small army of allies and an abandoned hospital all to themselves.

Become a prohibition rebel.

A treasure trove of artifacts, books, and artwork from the "golden age" of exploration.

A crumbling hospital from the 1850s on Roosevelt Island.

A terrific purveyor of natural history objects and curios.