Nature and beauty amidst pollution and industrial wreckage.

This giant shopping mall still holds signs of its automotive past.

This New York florist also sells traditional tofu pudding.

Once the private home of China’s most legendary tycoon, getting inside this stunning mansion no longer requires an elite pedigree or acts of daring.

Watch butterflies take flight before you fly.

This speakeasy continues the Prohibition-era legacy of Harlem's jazzy Swing Street.

The Columbia Road Flower Market is now open every Sunday, rain or shine.

The world's oldest hologram gallery and the labyrinthine laser laboratory of a holography pioneer.

Rat sculptures try to infiltrate the Graybar Building in an architectural tribute to New York City's nautical history.

An extensive collection of fine art devoted to man's best friend.

Here, exhibits come with a side of edible history.

Beautiful mosaics cover the first stations opened on New York City's newest subway line.

Waterway populated with abandoned projects, including a submarine.

This exemplar of modernist architecture is meant to captivate and inspire students of the Cooper Union.

Spinning silently in the lobby of an Art Deco masterwork is a massive vintage model of the Earth.

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

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

This futuristic airport terminal was abandoned for decades before reopening as a hotel—with a vintage plane of its own parked out back.

This pub was 238 years old when it decided to revamp its image: It started serving Thai food.

New York's southernmost subway station is whimsically wavy.

This neighborhood grocery houses a treasure trove of Eastern European delights.

Canyon walls shrouded in ferns.

Shop for books in the New Orleans house where William Faulkner once lived.

This cathedral dedicated to Louis IX, sainted King of France, holds many secrets.