Four cars from the old system were once on display, but were removed in 2014.

A museum devoted to bringing to light forgotten or neglected histories through exhibitions, education and public programming.

Neoclassical bank designed by NY architects Helmle & Huberty.

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

New York's southernmost subway station is whimsically wavy.

A modern addition to the Greenpoint skyline.

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

A strip of modern stores in historic buildings.

New York City's only radical feminist independent bookstore.

While it now takes more than a dime to open an account this historic Brooklyn bank still displays the opulence of the gilded age in which it was built.

Nope, not Washington Irving's house.

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

Twenty-three trees, each paired with a basalt stone, line a street in Chelsea, continuing an urban project started by German Fluxus artist Joseph Beuys.

The famed amusement district marks the beginning of summer with a wild procession of nautical creatures.

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

Currently housing a corporate bank branch this building at the southern tip of Manhattan was once the gateway to luxury vacationing.

The first piece of public art dedicated to LGBT rights.

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 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.

Every year model trains zip through a miniature New York City that's now 150 landmarks strong.

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

This historic building housed the surviving crew members of the Titanic, who were left destitute after the wreck.

A museum collection honoring the long history of the FDNY is held in a disused Manhattan fire house.

One kilometer of thick brass rod laid out before your eyes.