An oasis of calm amid the chaos of the boardwalk, the museum traces the heritage of this beloved beachside amusement park.

Lady Liberty's first beacon of enlightenment is now displayed in a museum near the statue.

On the Hudson resides one of the largest clocks in the world.

A Gothic-style abode built to accommodate the church's three resident peacocks.

A curious fountain that has no water and includes Satan, a crab, and 9 giraffes.

Wall Street has a new heroine, a bronze statue of a small but fierce girl.

A decommissioned military complex that's now a modern industrial park.

Walk into the 19th century without leaving Brooklyn.

Blighted Irish field and the ruins of a 19th-century cottage on the edge of urban Manhattan.

A beautiful and abandoned New York subway station from 1904, complete with chandelier.

A sculptural commentary on capitalism pokes up from the East River.

One of New York's best collections of pinball is hidden in a secret bar in the back of this laundromat.

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

A tiny museum housed in a New York freight elevator specializes in the "overlooked, dismissed, or ignored."

Once a flowing stream and where the USS Monitor, the world's first ironclad, was built and launched.

Where Greenpoint's first European settler—and troublemaker—made his home.

This whimsical group of statues is a favorite of children who love to climb all over Lewis Carroll's beloved characters.

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

This mosaic dedicated to John Lennon was tended for years by a Beatles super-fan.

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

A room in New York City that contains 250 cubic yards of dirt worth a million dollars.

Site of the first pathological and bacteriological research facility in the United States.

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

Tucked in the back of this amazing antique store is an important piece of medical history.