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

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

The most confusing clock in New York.

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

An artist's cute bronze subway sculptures belie his violent artistic past.

This futuristic airport terminal was abandoned for decades before reopening as a hotel—with a vintage plane of its own parked out back.

Lie in a hammock where George Washington stood.

This sculpture by artist Fritz Keonig survived the 9/11 attacks and now stands as a monument to the victims.

Detailed facade of a brownstone in Boerum Hill.

A bit of retro transportation flair preserved in the world's largest department store.

One of the most enjoyable bits of history at Coney Island and “the most romantic ride in the world.”

An uber-secure, windowless tower of doom in the center of Manhattan is an NSA spyscraper.

A pedestrian island in the middle of world-famous Times Square emits a strange (and purposeful) humming noise.

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

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

Whisper secrets in a busy station only to be heard on the other side of this acoustic arch.

Sniff the Titan Arum's rotting flesh.

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

Ride the subways of yesteryear.

Elevated freight railway turned wildly successful urban park.