Stunningly detailed mosaics in a New York subway station bring life to the Weimaraners of artist William Wegman's work—and to thousands of commutes.

This taxidermy scene brings the struggle for survival in the Indian jungle to a quiet corner of a Manhattan museum.

This poignant display is now a memorial to these regionally extinct species.

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

This morbid scene depicts the Darwinian drama of death on the African savannah.

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

A modern addition to the Greenpoint skyline.

Here be dragons.

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

A forgotten relic from New York's bygone trolley system hides in plain sight under a bridge.

The first museum in the United States dedicated entirely to posters.

A dark patch of the ceiling at Grand Central Terminal which was not restored is still stained brown by tobacco.

Commemorating the spot where the famous scientist fed his pigeons.

A self-made museum in Queens, New York continues to display the work of a sculptor known for paving his own way.

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

A controversial magical figure is hidden within a diorama of the city.

A reminder to choose water over wine since 1888.

Cheap pizza and all of your naughty bedroom needs housed in a stunning example of Art Nouveau architecture.

Beautiful mosaics cover the first stations opened on New York City's newest subway line.

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

Avoid gangster interaction while window-shopping.

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

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

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