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

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

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

While it now takes more than a dime to open an account this historic Brooklyn bank still displays the opulence of the gilded age in which it was built.

A modern zoetrope on the New York City subway.

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

Check out the underground party scene at the "Burning Man of Brooklyn."

An oasis of calm amid the chaos of the boardwalk, the museum traces the heritage of this beloved beachside amusement park.

In the middle of downtown Brooklyn lies a 165 year old secret hidden right below the surface (closed to the public indefinitely).

Sniff the Titan Arum's rotting flesh.

Behind a bodega is a small museum of relics and ephemera showcasing the history of New York.

Ride the subways of yesteryear.

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

Spiral-bound community recipes and antiquarian gems mingle at this small East Village shop.

Magnificent New Deal Murals evoke a time when New York City harbor was one of the world's greatest and busiest ports.

This nearly invisible wire transforms much of the city into one big, symbolic home on the holy day.

Walking around West Harlem reveals a scavenger hunt of beautiful bird murals.

Some of the best Persian food in New York comes from the front window of an unassuming pizza shop.

During the 19th century, you could pay for violence off a prix fixe menu on this Manhattan street.

A trove of century-old litho stones from the Puck Building's printing days were discovered behind a cellar wall, and are now hanging in the store.

The front yard of an Upper East Side town house hides the last fragment of one of New York's most famous theatres.

The best place in New York to pick up the controversial, notoriously foul-smelling Asian "king of fruits."

A Gothic-style abode built to accommodate the church's three resident peacocks.

This historic building housed the surviving crew members of the Titanic, who were left destitute after the wreck.