This life-size bronze statue remembers the tallest recorded human in his Illinois hometown.

Underneath the bustling city streets, a hydroponic farm grows unique herbs in an urban oasis.

The oldest Dutch colonial stone house in New York City is a hidden gem on the border of Brooklyn and Queens.

Manhattan and the Bronx have been playing tug-of-war over this former island neighborhood for more than a century.

The longest step street in the city.

Built in the 1920s, this co-op in the Bronx feels more like an Italian villa than a typical New York apartment building.

Macabre headstones carved with winged skulls, dancing skeletons, and pithy reminders of impending death.

Thousands of well-dressed mummies below a monastery.

Michael Jackson got Bad and Crocodile Dundee walked on heads in this iconic Brooklyn subway station.

There’s a hidden military meme engraved on the World War II Memorial.

Scores of vintage street lamps shine along L.A.’s Miracle Mile.

Millions of numbers carved in glass represent the tattoos forced upon victims.

This outdoor gallery of sculptures along the East River was once a landfill.

Two New York rooftops are home to the largest rooftop soil farms in the world.

A self-made museum in Queens, New York continues to display the work of a sculptor known for paving his own way.

The Hudson River School comes alive at this palatial estate.

A notorious punk house turned co-op.

A living archive of urban activism and space reclaimed.

This exemplar of modernist architecture is meant to captivate and inspire students of the Cooper Union.

A Yiddish theater turned movie house turned rock and roll landmark turned gay disco turned bank.

The East Village tenement from the cover of Led Zeppelin’s 1975 album has a tea shop on the ground floor.

Dedicated to preserving the history of free Black communities in Brooklyn and beyond.

One of the most enjoyable bits of history at Coney Island and “the most romantic ride in the world.”

This unusual subway stop was originally a real estate office.