This charming colonial alleyway is one of the oldest continuously used residential streets in the U.S.

The oldest surviving botanic garden in the United States.

Hidden behind West Philadelphia rowhomes is a haven for migratory and local bird species both ordinary and rare.

A popular European tradition makes its way to the states on one of America's most famous bridges.

Sit where JFK proposed to Jackie or where Nixon dined on meatloaf at this storied pub.

Home to items never before seen by the public.

A graffiti Mecca welcoming artists from around the world.

Stunningly detailed mosaics in a New York subway station bring life to the Weimaraners of artist William Wegman's work—and to thousands of commutes.

One of the largest public housing complexes in New York once visited by Eleanor Roosevelt.

School named after its beloved principal, killed in the cross-fire of a drug related shooting.

A cruise terminal that changes the atmosphere of Red Hook's industrial waterfront.

Jimi Hendrix's legendary recording studio in Greenwich Village.

An experimental, community court opened in 2000 takes a new approach to youth offenders in south Brooklyn.

This elaborate tunnel is the first structure composed of cast concrete in the United States.

The final resting place of some of Staten Island's earliest settlers and their descendants.

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.

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

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

Neoclassical bank designed by NY architects Helmle & Huberty.

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

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

The highest rapid transit station in the world.

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