This sprawling art park is filled with sculptures, nature trails, and art workshops.

An institution dedicated to the towering buildings that make up skylines in New York City and around the world.

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

Amid skyscrapers and traffic exists this unique aquatic ecosystem.

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.

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

If it hadn't been caught in time, a flaw in the design of this Manhattan skyscraper could have led to its collapse.

Red Hook's massive public pool, built by Robert Moses.

Now owned by the National Park Service, this location was once home to illegal boxing matches.

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

This 19th-century Hamptons windmill was once home to modernist painter Agnes Pelton.

The first commercial nuclear power plant constructed on Long Island.

Learn about the last river many crossed to find freedom from slavery in the United States.

A 120-year oil leak slowly unleashes more gallons of oil than the Exxon/Mobil disaster.

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

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

A tribute to the hard-working men and women of Grumman, who crafted F-14 fighter jets.

A group dedicated to promoting boating, kayaking and environmental education programs.

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

The rare American Civil War-era weapon was never fired in anger.

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

The ballpark in "Pigtown" where the Brooklyn Dodgers made their name was replaced with a huge apartment complex.

Once a flowing stream and where the USS Monitor, the world's first ironclad, was built and launched.