Long the exclusive domain of birds and vagabonds, this little-known Central Park peninsula is open to the public once more.

Tucked away amidst some of the most famous addresses in the world is New York’s only fraction of a street.

This mosaic dedicated to John Lennon was tended for years by a Beatles super-fan.

This whimsical group of statues is a favorite of children who love to climb all over Lewis Carroll's beloved characters.

The oldest family-run luncheonette in New York, last renovated in 1948, still serves food and drinks the old-fashioned way.

New York's oldest and possibly grandest keeper of books.

One of the oldest used bookstores in the U.S. has been selling antiquarian treasures since 1825.

A slightly creepy gallery of plaster cast models in the same museum as Michelangelo's David.

The "Seinfeld" diner.

The world's largest bicycle shelter can hold more than 12,500 two-wheelers.

Tiny historical streetcars wind through a small scale version of Crescent City in this whimsical train garden.

Parts of the civil rights movement unfolded in this historic eatery, helmed by the "Queen of Creole Cuisine."

A World War II officers' club features Old West murals painted by German POWs.

Ornate "Renaissance Revival" style building.

An eerie diorama that captures the majestic nature of a few prehistoric-looking beasts.

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

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

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

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.

Neoclassical bank designed by NY architects Helmle & Huberty.

Two large-scale sculptures of Adam and Eve greet visitors in the nude at the Time Warner Center in NYC.

Once a ferry dock, radio transmitter, and now a new Greenpoint park.