Amid the bustle and noise of the Financial District hides a secluded garden oasis above the city streets.

Manhattan’s Battery Park has a whimsical carousel full of spinning, glowing fish.

This sculpture by artist Fritz Keonig survived the 9/11 attacks and now stands as a monument to the victims.

A remnant of the original World Trade Center complex continues to serve as a commuter gateway.

This roadside attraction looks like a flying saucer parked atop the tundra.

This functioning parish church is also the site of many concert performances due to its wonderful acoustics.

In the northernmost city in the world, it's illegal to be buried because it’s too cold for bodies to decompose.

This abandoned mining village was predicted to resist decay longer than any other modern human settlement.

This Arctic mining town is home to a cat that's spent years masquerading as a fox.

Nikola Tesla's former home contains an homage hidden from plain sight.

The last living thing to come out of the rubble after 9/11 is now a symbol of hope and resilience.

Once the tallest building in the world and the site of “the highest dinner ever held in New York” this building now holds the most expensive penthouse in the city.

This cemetery has graves dating back to the 17th century, including the city's oldest carved tombstone and an ominous cryptogram.

This lower Manhattan bar is set up in an old bank vault that rests beneath a skyscraper that hides even more historic splendor.

Wall Street has a new heroine, a bronze statue of a small but fierce girl.

This beautiful building in the heart of Manhattan's Financial District was empty for decades.

A terrific purveyor of natural history objects and curios.

The walls are decorated with whimsical murals painted by the creator of the Madeline franchise.

A treasure trove of artifacts, books, and artwork from the "golden age" of exploration.

The oldest operating apothecary in the US has treated everyone from Thomas Edison to Mark Twain.

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

Hidden in Central Park's Ramble is a troublesome cave buried just beneath the surface.

Ride the subways of yesteryear.

The King is honored by an elaborate grotto on a continent he never visited.