Get to know the plant-based fare of Chinese Buddhist monks.

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

The highest rapid transit station in the world.

If you were standing here on October 5th, 1950, you'd be dead.

The longest continuous underwater road in North America was built at the insistence of Franklin Roosevelt.

A touching tribute to the "Queen of Soul."

A strip of modern stores in historic buildings.

Church featuring "high Victorian gothic" architecture.

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

This simple Manhattan salt house is artfully shaped... well, like a giant granule of salt.

Snack on a partially gestated duck egg.

Fake subway tiles were installed to cover a design that resembled the Confederate flag—it's unclear if the resemblance was intentional.

"Leave a He-Man, Take a Transformer" and share a story about your real-life superhero.

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

Gang fights don't just happen on the streets, they happen under them too.

Here be dragons.

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

Amid skyscrapers and traffic exists this unique aquatic ecosystem.

An aptly-named street near the birthplace of the modern LGBT rights movement.

2,000 barrels of aging beer hidden in a warehouse at the Brooklyn Navy Yard.

Red frames showcase remnants of one of New York's original subway stations.

Built just after the American Revolution, the oldest row house in New York City still stands in Chinatown.

This castle-like building in Manhattan helped destigmatize cancer in the 19th century.

A menagerie of concrete animals brought together from across New York City's parks.