One of the most dazzling dioramas at the American Museum of Natural History is also one of the oldest.

Snack on a partially gestated duck egg.

A hidey-hole sandwiched between cellphone, DVD, and jewelry stores features Tibetan delights.

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

The Vatican of the movie industry turned into an actual church.

A young woman's senseless murder led to the controversial psychological theory of the "bystander effect."

A retired subway car stands alone in a field in the middle of Queens.

Deliciousness abounds at a Guatemalan restaurant masquerading as a pizzeria.

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

This mysterious marker puzzles pedestrians and infuriates geographers.

On this island, you suck away your garbage via an elaborate pneumatic tube system.

Historic Greenpoint theater turned roller disco, then chain pharmacy, and now Sweetgreen.

The only surviving sidewalk clock in Brooklyn.

The lost town of Neversink, sunk by New York City.

A crumbling staircase in upper Manhattan is all that remains of one of the most important sites in sports history.

Walking around West Harlem reveals a scavenger hunt of beautiful bird murals.

This monument to a veteran of the Mexican-American War is one of only two in Manhattan that serve as an actual mausoleum.

A Pythagorean funhouse that tries, successfully, to prove that math is the coolest thing ever.

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

A whimsical, but often overlooked clock in Park Avenue.

The pile of books behind the dignified writer gave the statue a most undignified nickname.

Thousand-year-old Viking runes adorn an ancient Greek lion at the entrance to the Venetian Arsenal.

An effigy of Vancouver's Gastown neighorhood's namesake.

Cheap pizza and all of your naughty bedroom needs housed in a stunning example of Art Nouveau architecture.