The famed amusement district marks the beginning of summer with a wild procession of nautical creatures.

Twice a day one of these tragic bronze mariners drowns with the tide to remember all those the sea has taken.

Manhattan’s Battery Park has a whimsical carousel full of spinning, glowing fish.

This lavish room at NYC's French Embassy is a rare relic from the end of the Gilded Age.

Though its celestial ceiling is impressive, the true star is the vast collection of French books.

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

A Gothic-style abode built to accommodate the church's three resident peacocks.

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

A B.Y.O.B. Mexican cantina lives inside one of the last tortilla factories in Brooklyn.

Check out the underground party scene at the "Burning Man of Brooklyn."

This castle-like building in Manhattan helped destigmatize cancer in the 19th century.

This diesel train serviced the Brooklyn waterfront for more than three decades.

Wine bottle sculpture with a ship's stateroom inside.

The "Seinfeld" diner.

A curious fountain that has no water and includes Satan, a crab, and 9 giraffes.

A band of aerialists and circus performers putting on incredible shows in East Williamsburg.

This giant meditative chakra sits peacefully in the Flathead Valley of western Montana.

The only road through the heart of Glacier National Park.

This now-abandoned part of the original transcontinental railroad route provides a surreal driving and historical experience.

An earthwork sculpture built by Robert Smithson in the Great Salt Lake only reemerges during drought.

The first permanent memorial to a unique secret weapon of World War II.

A 19th-century politician who died after walking home in a blizzard is honored with this Manhattan statue.

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.

Commemorating the spot where the famous scientist fed his pigeons.