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

A modern addition to the Greenpoint skyline.

This monument to a veteran of the Mexican-American War is one of only two in Manhattan that serve as an actual mausoleum.

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

Once a dumping spot, now a park with a kayak launch.

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

This simple Manhattan salt house is artfully shaped... well, like a giant granule of salt.

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

The former sign of this immortal music venue is just that--undying.

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

This Manhattan museum houses one of the largest collections of Spanish art and manuscripts outside of Spain.

Underneath the bustling city streets, a hydroponic farm grows unique herbs in an urban oasis.

Red frames showcase remnants of one of New York's original subway stations.

This city park was once a lookout point for George Washington’s army during the Battle of Brooklyn in 1776.

Here, exhibits come with a side of edible history.

This anonymous businessman sculpted in bronze became an enduring memorial after 9/11, and had been mistaken by rescue workers for a survivor in the rubble.

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

New York City's only radical feminist independent bookstore.

Have a steam and some blini at this cafe in a century-old bathhouse.

A remnant from the golden age of aviation still in use today, Pan Am's Clipper service took off from this Art Deco gem.

This subterranean oyster house has been the pearl of Grand Central Station since 1913.

The first piece of public art dedicated to LGBT rights.

A strangely angled West Village home is the only monument to an explosion that took the lives of three American revolutionaries.

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