A mythical chimera first sculpted in 1936 as a mix of the main animals of Texas livestock.

A remnant from the golden age of aviation still in use today, Pan Am's Clipper service took off from this Art Deco gem.

Home to the infamous "Typhoid Mary" and the worst loss of life in New York's history prior to September 11, 2001.

This miniature village stays behind in the Breuer Building, even as the museums around it come and go.

The walls are decorated with whimsical murals painted by the creator of the Madeline franchise.

Guerilla gardeners reclaimed this abandoned railroad land literally putting down roots.

In the back of a nondescript sports bar is a museum-worthy mural by legendary cartoonists.

More than 250 sakes are available in an izakaya hidden in the basement of a Midtown office building.

An easy to overlook storefront hides some of the most authentic and regionally diverse Chinese food in New York.

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

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

Now abandoned, the first public health hospital in the U.S. saw more than one million immigrants from around the world.

Come for the pastrami, stay for the million-dollar art.

Residents of this Brooklyn neighborhood may be unaware their houses sit atop a buried trolley graveyard.

Final resting place of Typhoid Mary.

Nine nice parcels of land along a flight path offer a quiet respite... until a plane soars overhead.

Sip coffee and talk politics at this landmark cafe in Astoria's Little Egypt, a contender for the title of America's first hookah bar.

Amid the clacking of snooker balls, diners tuck into fiery Bhutanese fare.

A ruthless Soviet relocation campaign birthed a new cuisine, and this humble restaurant.

The cuisine at this Sheepshead Bay spot tells the story of a displaced Muslim Chinese community.

This unusual subway stop was originally a real estate office.

Con Edison’s exotic and heat-loving pests.

This recently uncovered ad for Lindsay's run at Mayor in 1965 had been hiding for decades underneath a billboard.

This mysterious marker puzzles pedestrians and infuriates geographers.