Centuries-old columns from French monasteries provide structure for this courtyard within an Ohio art museum.

After traveling the world, one of the last remaining fully-rigged three masted iron-hulled cargo ship in the world found its home in New York.

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

This poignant display is now a memorial to these regionally extinct species.

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

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

Staten Island's original central park is the former home of the city water supply as well as thousands of immigrant graves.

Creating this diorama spurred naturalist Carl Akeley to begin advocating to protect the apes.

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

Here be dragons.

The pioneering photographer's prints are immortalized inside her childhood home.

This eclectic sculpture garden in Brooklyn, home to a bizarre collection of art, was once a run-down junkyard.

One of the only single-person private gravesites in New York City.

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).

Little Red Lighthouse under the George Washington Bridge.

Behind a grungy bodega facade, a Poblano family serves rich, home-cooked meals.

In its day this historic fort held 100 cannons pointed in almost every direction to protect New York.

Visit the monolithic tomb of America's most famous general.

Once America's longest-manned military fort, now an abandoned hulk.

The only home that Alexander Hamilton ever owned has a history almost as troubled as his own.

During the holidays, a vintage subway train whisks New Yorkers back in time.

A restaurant on Staten Island showcases a different grandmother’s cooking every night.

A dilapidated dock tells the story of Titanic’s missed arrival.