This magnificent herd of stampeding elephants has been frozen in time for over a century.

Come for the waffles, stay for more waffles.

This old estate is a remnant of when the Bronx was a popular summer destination for wealthy New Yorkers.

For almost a century, this East Village newsstand has served egg creams to beats, hippies, punks, and everything in between.

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

Michael Jackson got Bad and Crocodile Dundee walked on heads in this iconic Brooklyn subway station.

This recipe is set in stone.

Hidden inside one of the world's most well-visited zoos is a secret plaque promising eternal life.

This mysterious marker puzzles pedestrians and infuriates geographers.

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

Pulled from the rubble of one of the worst modern tragedies, a steel crossbeam became a symbol of hope for New Yorkers.

This small, hidden cove is home to abandoned boats.

A New York warehouse filled with an enormous amount of goods saved from the landfills and donated for creative use.

A retired subway car stands alone in a field in the middle of Queens.

This 19th century brick building in Brooklyn stands out like the anachronistic landmark that it is.

Spike Lee's provocative film is officially honored right where it was made, the first time a work of art was used as a secondary street name.

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

A forgotten relic from New York's bygone trolley system hides in plain sight under a bridge.

This seemingly unremarkable boulder is said to bear the hoofprint of the devil himself.

This city park was once a lookout point for George Washington’s army during the Battle of Brooklyn in 1776.

The home of the first American-born saint is one of the only curved buildings in New York.

A reminder to choose water over wine since 1888.

A heartbreaking monument showing the last morning in the life of Jane Griffith.

HBO series' stage tucked away in a Greenpoint lot is the largest theatrical set of its kind in the United States.