New York, New York
Sambar and Wild Dog Diorama
This taxidermy scene brings the struggle for survival in the Indian jungle to a quiet corner of a Manhattan museum.
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New York, New York
Libyan Desert Diorama
This poignant display is now a memorial to these regionally extinct species.
New York, New York
Asiatic Leopard Diorama
One of the most dazzling dioramas at the American Museum of Natural History is also one of the oldest.
New York, New York
Scavenger Taxidermy Diorama
This morbid scene depicts the Darwinian drama of death on the African savannah.
New York, New York
Okapi Taxidermy Diorama
This impressive scene portrays the elusive forest giraffe of Central Africa.
Batavia, New York
Morgan Monument
A towering cemetery monument honors a man who threatened to expose the Freemasons and paid with his life.
New York, New York
Gay Street
An aptly-named street near the birthplace of the modern LGBT rights movement.
Brooklyn, New York
The Leaning Brownstone
This unusual apartment building may be Brooklyn's own version of the Leaning Tower of Pisa.
Brocton, New York
Marmaduke Statue
The world's only statue dedicated to the greatest Great Dane in comic strip history.
New York, New York
WTC Station 'E' Subway Entrance
A remnant of the original World Trade Center complex continues to serve as a commuter gateway.
Kinderhook, New York
Martin Van Buren National Historic Site
At this farm in upstate New York, the former president plotted his reelection campaign.
New York, New York
Number One, Broadway
Currently housing a corporate bank branch this building at the southern tip of Manhattan was once the gateway to luxury vacationing.
New York, New York
Physical Graffiti Building
The East Village tenement from the cover of Led Zeppelin’s 1975 album has a tea shop on the ground floor.
New York, New York
284 Broome Street
The competition: breathe deeply as long as you can.
New York, New York
St. George's Syrian Catholic Church
This vacant church in the Financial District was once the heart of New York's first Syrian immigrant community.
New York, New York
Harry Jenning's Rat Pit of the Five Points
This humble historic facade hides a history of boozing and the gentlemanly sport of rat-fighting.
New York, New York
No. 44 Stuyvesant
This 220-year-old house is a reminder of New York City's Dutch past.
New York, New York
Edward Mooney House
Built just after the American Revolution, the oldest row house in New York City still stands in Chinatown.
New York, New York
New York Cancer Hospital
This castle-like building in Manhattan helped destigmatize cancer in the 19th century.
New York, New York
The Shrine of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton
The home of the first American-born saint is one of the only curved buildings in New York.
Neversink, New York
Neversink
The lost town of Neversink, sunk by New York City.
Albany, New York
The First Shaker Village
The first American home of the isolated, egalitarian religion has a trove of Shaker architecture and artifacts.
New York, New York
The Mulberry Bend
During the 19th century, you could pay for violence off a prix fixe menu on this Manhattan street.
Brooklyn, New York
Endale Arch
This striking arch, one of the first architectural elements constructed in Prospect Park, was recently restored to its original glory.
