The statue of John Harvard isn't actually John Harvard—or even, technically, the founder of the school.

The thousands of shades on display — some toxic, others impossibly rare — are a library of more than just color.

Shelves covered in dozens of coffee bean varieties fill this North End institution.

This nearly endless university hallway is home to a unique sunset known as "MIThenge."

MIT students continue the legacy of beloved professor "Doc" Edgerton through learning by doing.

A three-piece musical sculpture installed between the subway tracks at Kendall Station near MIT.

Unusual books about food and drink abound in this 19th-century New York townhouse.

Try not to get slimed in Tribeca.

An uber-secure, windowless tower of doom in the center of Manhattan is an NSA spyscraper.

Imagine having a street run right through your home, or better yet, a historic bridge three stories high.

Hidden in plain sight on the Hudson River is an abandoned train station where nature has taken over.

Once considered a marvel of engineering, this 107-mile canal played an integral role in building New York City.

On the Hudson resides one of the largest clocks in the world.

This evocative New Jersey statue memoralizes the Polish victims of a Soviet massacre.

A touching tribute to the "Queen of Soul."

This sculpture by artist Fritz Keonig survived the 9/11 attacks and now stands as a monument to the victims.

A celebration of capitalism in Midtown.

This subterranean oyster house has been the pearl of Grand Central Station since 1913.

Whisper secrets in a busy station only to be heard on the other side of this acoustic arch.

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

After surviving abandonment, this powerful Latin American mural is alive again.

New York's unstoppable progress turned this cemetery into the smallest burial ground in the city.

A strangely angled West Village home is the only monument to an explosion that took the lives of three American revolutionaries.

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