Beautiful mosaics cover the first stations opened on New York City's newest subway line.

Tucked in a nondescript downtown Brooklyn mall is a bar containing a remarkable turn of the century anatomical wax collection last seen in 1920s Berlin.

A modern zoetrope on the New York City subway.

This beautiful Brooklyn monument over a crypt memorializes a grim and largely unknown story from the American Revolution.

This giant rock arrived at this quiet park thousands of years ago on the back of a massive glacier.

This tiny church near Sleepy Hollow contains Henri Matisse's last work, a rose window, and nine windows by Marc Chagall.

The last remnants of what was once one of the world's grandest hotels can now be found in a Manhattan subway station.

This beautiful building in the heart of Manhattan's Financial District was empty for decades.

Once the tallest building in the world and the site of "the highest dinner ever held in New York" this building now holds the most expensive penthouse in the city.

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

Imagine having a street run right through your home, or better yet, a historic bridge three stories high.

Try not to get slimed in Tribeca.

La Monte Young and Marian Zazeela's "Dream House" will immerse you in an ever changing world of sound and light.

Underneath the bustling city streets, a hydroponic farm grows unique herbs in an urban oasis.

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

Deep under Manhattan is the largest construction project in city history. So far, the project has taken the lives of 23 workers, or "a man a mile."

A beautiful and abandoned New York subway station from 1904, complete with chandelier.

The best Tiki bar in Las Vegas.

Less a museum than a bizarre fantasy world created by artists and engineers.

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

4,000 monkeys used for medical testing on an island off of South Carolina.

The only working large-scale tea plantation in the United States.

A quirky Poe-themed joint on an island keen to celebrate its overlooked connection to the famous writer.

The final resting place of the Seminole Indian chief who fought against government occupation in Florida.