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

A miniature rainforest is growing inside of a Midtown Manhattan office building.

Try not to get slimed in Tribeca.

The world’s oldest and biggest bookstore stocking only mystery, crime fiction, espionage, and thrillers.

This old-fashioned candy shop, ice cream parlor, and diner served as the setting for one of TV's most controversial series finales.

A memorial to the first person killed by a motor vehicle in the Western Hemisphere.

A one-ton statue of Steve Rogers beautifies the entry to a Brooklyn Bed, Bath & Beyond.

Obscure and obsolete publications are given new life as works of art.

The one-time epicenter of American songwriting is now a little remembered Manhattan commercial block.

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

In the middle of downtown Brooklyn lies a 165 year old secret hidden right below the surface (closed to the public indefinitely).

A clock set into the concrete outside a Manhattan jeweler has been telling time underfoot for over a century.

The fanciest public restroom in New York City boasts fresh flowers, art, and a classical music soundtrack.

Hidden in plain sight on a pair of Manhattan subway tunnels are a pair of public instruments that sing to each other.

A whimsical, but often overlooked clock in Park Avenue.

Cryptic messages embedded in the New York City sidewalk.

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

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

Tucked away amidst some of the most famous addresses in the world is New York's only fraction of a street.

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

This unmarked and unloved Manhattan subway grate created one of the most iconic images in American cinema.

Elevated freight railway turned wildly successful urban park.

Amid the bustle and noise of the Financial District hides a secluded garden oasis above the city streets.

A tiny museum housed in a New York freight elevator specializes in the "overlooked, dismissed, or ignored."