This taxidermy scene brings the struggle for survival in the Indian jungle to a quiet corner of a Manhattan museum.

This morbid scene depicts the Darwinian drama of death on the African savannah.

This impressive scene portrays the elusive forest giraffe of Central Africa.

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

A modern addition to the Greenpoint skyline.

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

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

Outstanding taxidermy dioramas showcase the grandeur of the continent's wildlife with spooky realism.

One of the city’s oldest watering holes was originally the home of a famous James Brown (not that one).

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

The greatest real estate coup of all time.

The first piece of public art dedicated to LGBT rights.

Historical figures from New York City's Catholic community reside in Midtown.

This exemplar of modernist architecture is meant to captivate and inspire students of the Cooper Union.

Holding the most bodies of any cemetery in the United States.

Salute the leader of the proletariat.

There must be a pun in this haystack somewhere...

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

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

Make a tough dinner decision: Octopus wasabi roulette or bull penis?

A hidden "place of interment for gentlemen."

An artist's cute bronze subway sculptures belie his violent artistic past.

The oldest house in Manhattan is now a museum that remembers the home's sordid history of scandals, vice-presidents, and ghosts.

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