This small and serene place for quiet reflection on Staten Island was built in China based on the gardens of the Ming Dynasty.

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

Ride the subways of yesteryear.

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

New York's southernmost subway station is whimsically wavy.

In its day this historic fort held 100 cannons pointed in almost every direction to protect New York.

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

Lie in a hammock where George Washington stood.

One of the deadliest American air disasters is nearly forgotten in Brooklyn.

Sniff the Titan Arum's rotting flesh.

You can still ride this 100-year-old work of art in Brooklyn's largest public park.

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

Con Edison’s exotic and heat-loving pests.

A hidden architectural treasure in New York's Brooklyn.

A Victorian cemetery in the heart of Brooklyn remains a popular mecca of morbid curiosity.

A restaurant on Staten Island showcases a different grandmother’s cooking every night.

The pioneering photographer's prints are immortalized inside her childhood home.

Once America's longest-manned military fort, now an abandoned hulk.