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

One of the oldest living oak trees in the Southeast.

This historic address is home to the beloved ball and is an almost totally empty building among the most expensive real estate in the world.

The crown jewel of the Queens Museum is a nearly 10,000-square-foot architectural model of the city originally built for the 1964 World's Fair.

The New York hotel where tragic visionary Nikola Tesla spent his final hours, destitute and alone but for the pigeons.

Plot your trip through the city on the sidewalk.

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

Lady Liberty's first beacon of enlightenment is now displayed in a museum near the statue.

Neon signs that grace the windows of Bergdorf Goodman's and Tiffany & Co. come from this studio in Brooklyn.

This mosaic dedicated to John Lennon was tended for years by a Beatles super-fan.

Unique antiquarian shop specializing in globes, maps, and prints.

Peek through the gates at this oasis from the city, full of Old English charm.

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.

Mysterious 500-year-old tapestries depict a unicorn hunt.

This cemetery has graves dating back to the 17th century, including the city's oldest carved tombstone and an ominous cryptogram.

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

Elevated freight railway turned wildly successful urban park.

A treasure trove of artifacts, books, and artwork from the "golden age" of exploration.

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

Stockholm's decidedly unique public transit system has doubled as the world's longest art gallery for decades.

This Stockholm light tower can be controlled by anyone with a smartphone.

A Dutch passageway's artistic, aquatic-themed makeover pays tribute to the capital city's famed waterways.

A 16th-century fountain marks the site of a lost medieval cemetery once filled with mass graves.