Two large-scale sculptures of Adam and Eve greet visitors in the nude at the Time Warner Center in NYC.

Amid skyscrapers and traffic exists this unique aquatic ecosystem.

The French deconstructionist had a weakness for baked goods.

This monument to a veteran of the Mexican-American War is one of only two in Manhattan that serve as an actual mausoleum.

A small piece of the composer's New York home lives on in the center of Czech culture in Manhattan.

The home of one of America's most beloved fictional characters has become a real world landmark.

Dine on dumplings at the oldest dim sum restaurant in New York.

The best way to get a sneak peek at the movies.

Though the case is scorched and the buttons half-melted, this hardy handheld gaming device can still run a game of Tetris.

Nope, not Washington Irving's house.

Fake subway tiles were installed to cover a design that resembled the Confederate flag—it's unclear if the resemblance was intentional.

The place where Dvořák composed some of his most famous works.

The East Village tenement from the cover of Led Zeppelin’s 1975 album has a tea shop on the ground floor.

From this desk Al Hirschfeld drew his influential caricatures of the 20th century's Broadway stars.

Where the legendary Orson Welles got his theatrical start before "Citizen Kane."

A well-worn marker in a forgotten alleyway is all that remains of what had been one of Manhattan's most beautiful buildings.

New York City's first Modernist house.

The oldest Methodist church in the United States has been spreading the good news for over two centuries.

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

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.

Twenty-three trees, each paired with a basalt stone, line a street in Chelsea, continuing an urban project started by German Fluxus artist Joseph Beuys.

A large boulder marks the place where the island of Manhattan was purportedly "sold" to the Dutch.

The only remaining building in New York to see the inauguration of a president is being slowly overtaken by a grocery store.

This simple Manhattan salt house is artfully shaped... well, like a giant granule of salt.