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

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

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

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

Nearly four centuries after its founding, remnants of one of the oldest planned communities in North America are still visible in southern Brooklyn.

The inventor of the Coney Island hot dog rests in a grand mausoleum in Brooklyn.

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

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

The flagship building of an early national restaurant chain is a superb example of terra cotta art.

A mass grave for victims of one of the city’s worst fires.

Outstanding taxidermy dioramas showcase the grandeur of the continent's wildlife with spooky realism.

Final resting place of the immigrant who brought artificial seltzer water to America.

The home of aviation trailblazers, in a remote corner of the big city.

Hidden inside one of the world's most well-visited zoos is a secret plaque promising eternal life.

Con Edison’s exotic and heat-loving pests.

The famed amusement district marks the beginning of summer with a wild procession of nautical creatures.

This subterranean oyster house has been the pearl of Grand Central Station since 1913.

Every year model trains zip through a miniature New York City that's now 150 landmarks strong.

A uniquely lettered street sign marks the corner where the iconic word game was invented.

A way to take your secrets to someone else's grave.

There must be a pun in this haystack somewhere...

One of only two remaining Victorian-era greenhouses in New York.

This outdoor gallery of graffiti-covered walls pays homage to the past, present, and possible future of street art.

Touching mementoes from those who didn't make it back from World War I still hang in one of New York's oldest bars.