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

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

Here be dragons.

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

New York City's only radical feminist independent bookstore.

This small New York museum examines Chinese history from its origins right up to its arrival in the city.

America's oldest Eastern European synagogue provided the immigrants of crowded Lower East Side tenements a space of sanctuary.

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

Rummage through this sunken ship, but leave your scuba gear at home.

Cryptic messages embedded in the New York City sidewalk.

An artist's cute bronze subway sculptures belie his violent artistic past.

Slyly buy a shake in the Parker Meridien lobby.

Great place to have a drink and a bite to eat in an atmosphere laden with New York's Bohemian past.

This whimsical group of statues is a favorite of children who love to climb all over Lewis Carroll's beloved characters.

Order scoops of pandan, lychee, and black sesame at this family-run institution.

Elevated freight railway turned wildly successful urban park.

An easy to overlook storefront hides some of the most authentic and regionally diverse Chinese food in New York.

This enormous Hindu temple in Queens serves incredible dosas in its basement canteen.

A massive art collective tries a new take on Brooklyn's DIY music scene—by making it fully legal.

Ornate "Renaissance Revival" style building.

New York's southernmost subway station is whimsically wavy.

A modern addition to the Greenpoint skyline.

This micro-industry of Latino cuisine along Red Hook's Ball Fields represents a victory in a food fight with the city.

This city park was once a lookout point for George Washington’s army during the Battle of Brooklyn in 1776.