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

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

This relic of 19th-century infrastructure is one of the few remaining coal gas storage tanks in the U.S.

A masked wrestling legend has opened the first U.S. course devoted to a meditative Japanese golf variant.

Red Hook's massive public pool, built by Robert Moses.

The world's only statue dedicated to the greatest Great Dane in comic strip history.

Once home to the country's most gargantuan ships, this graving dock now waits for people to buy furniture.

Neoclassical bank designed by NY architects Helmle & Huberty.

The rare American Civil War-era weapon was never fired in anger.

The highest rapid transit station in the world.

A 13,000-year-old mastodon skeleton was found during the construction of a 19th-century New York mill.

The ballpark in "Pigtown" where the Brooklyn Dodgers made their name was replaced with a huge apartment complex.

The return of something once considered a basic part of life.

It wouldn't be long after purchasing this farm, Brown would lead his siege on Harper's Ferry.

A retired oil tanker now offering amazing views of New York City.

Queen Anne style apartment house built in 1886.

Etchings in a pile of boulders on the Long Island Sound are a monument to vanquished native peoples.

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

Here be dragons.

A giant roll of mints marks the birthplace of one of America's most famous candy brands.

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

A drawbridge named for a potentially intersex Polish national who fought alongside George Washington during the American Revolution, and an example of "Pulaski Red".

This overlooked gem outside Niagara Falls preserves and celebrates Iroquois culture.

A man used his Civil War-era fortune to build this sanctuary in memory of his wife.