The last living thing to come out of the rubble after 9/11 is now a symbol of hope and resilience.

One of the few remaining American elm trees in New York’s Tompkins Square Park was the birthplace of a new religion.

The first piece of public art dedicated to LGBT rights.

There must be a pun in this haystack somewhere...

Curious crustaceans support an obelisk from ancient Egypt that now stands in modern-day Central Park.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Order scoops of pandan, lychee, and black sesame at this family-run institution.

Elevated freight railway turned wildly successful urban park.

Manhattan’s Battery Park has a whimsical carousel full of spinning, glowing fish.

Catacombs turned marketplace.

This 47-story "M" needed 20 years to be completed

Follow lines from a W.B. Yeats poem through interconnecting gardens designed to appeal to each of your senses.

A rocky Irish outcropping with a history of wealth, conflict, and ruin.

In Rome’s Jewish ghetto, a 200-year-old bakery still makes the neighborhood’s historic sweets.

The spot where the fascist dictator made some of his most famous speeches including declaring war on Britain and France.

The yawning maw of this pagan visage is said to bite off the hands of liars.

Rome's semi-secret peephole vista is also a former Crusader stronghold.

A master of trompe-l'oeil creates a stunning, tourist-fooling dome out of a flat ceiling.

Hundreds of lucky felines haunt the ruins where Caesar was murdered.