Dyed by iron oxide over centuries, these sandstone rocks rise thousands of feet into the sky.

One of the world's largest model railroads is a mind-boggling achievement.

Lie in a hammock where George Washington stood.

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

This neighborhood grocery houses a treasure trove of Eastern European delights.

A ruthless Soviet relocation campaign birthed a new cuisine, and this humble restaurant.

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

Nearly four centuries after its founding, remnants of one of the oldest planned communities in North America are still visible in southern Brooklyn.

New York's southernmost subway station is whimsically wavy.

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

The rare American Civil War-era weapon was never fired in anger.

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

Staten Island's original central park is the former home of the city water supply as well as thousands of immigrant graves.

Final resting place of two dozen New York City harbor ships.

The final resting place of some of Staten Island's earliest settlers and their descendants.

A town trapped in time - 1958 to be exact.

Once a dumping spot, now a park with a kayak launch.

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.

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

This Russian bar-restaurant lies within a three-story underground bathhouse.

Salute the leader of the proletariat.

This unusual subway stop was originally a real estate office.

The highest rapid transit station in the world.

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