Staten Island's original central park is the former home of the city water supply as well as thousands of immigrant graves.

A 9-story, poured concrete structure which was used as a glue factory with an indelible smell.

This outdoor gallery of sculptures along the East River was once a landfill.

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

A historic lighthouse steeped in rumors of ghost and pirate stories.

Nine nice parcels of land along a flight path offer a quiet respite... until a plane soars overhead.

This monument to a veteran of the Mexican-American War is one of only two in Manhattan that serve as an actual mausoleum.

This metal eagle one of the final remnants of a newspaper that wanted to keep Brooklyn to Brooklyn.

Now the site of a high school, this was almost the location of the largest cathedral in the US.

A modern addition to the Greenpoint skyline.

Alexander Milliner, a favorite of General Washington, is interred at Mt. Hope Cemetery along with 80 other Revolutionary War veterans.

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

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

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.

This high-perched pachyderm marks the memory of not one, but two elephants gunned down in small New England towns.

A temple belonging to the largest Buddhist order in South Korea nestled in the middle of New York City.

On this island, you suck away your garbage via an elaborate pneumatic tube system.

A beautiful, historic location open to the public.

Here be dragons.

This restored house is like a time capsule of the president's unconventional inauguration.

A controversial magical figure is hidden within a diorama of the city.

Once a dumping spot, now a park with a kayak launch.

This Bronx apartment building is officially recognized as the birthplace of hip-hop.

At this farm in upstate New York, the former president plotted his reelection campaign.