Look closely and you’ll notice that the color changes a third of the way up the tower.

While most wind tunnels test scale models, the "Cave of Winds" was large enough for actual airplanes.

The "lovely red Vega" of the legendary record-settling pilot.

The world's largest frame offers spectacular views of the city's past and present.

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

A plaque immortalizes the spot where the early American spy said his famous last words: "I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country."

A dark patch of the ceiling at Grand Central Terminal which was not restored is still stained brown by tobacco.

The oldest living tree in Manhattan comes shrouded in sinister legend.

New York City's only preserved family home from the 19th century.

Under a glass sidewalk lie the remains of some of Manhattan's oldest buildings.

A preposterously luxurious hotel with gold-plated iPads, Rolls Royce chauffeurs, and a staff that trains by watching "Downton Abbey."

A faithful reproduction of Al-Jazari's enormous water clock.

This enormous sports car themed amusement park is home to the world’s fastest roller coaster.

Whitewashed mosque contains the world's largest carpet.

Billed as the "largest natural flower garden in the world" this Middle Eastern show field has little competition at 45 million flowers.

On any given day this sprawling market houses literally tons of government-regulated gold, gems, and precious metals.

This remote British Imperial telegraph relay outpost drove men insane.

The dairy farm in upstate New York where nearly half a million people gathered for three days of peace and music in 1969.

This cathedral hides a sculpted dog that determines your fate and an unexploded shell from World War II.

The filming location of a shark attack in Steven Spielberg’s famous shark movie.

From economic backbone of a community to deadly diving hole, these former stone quarries are now a park for rock climbers and graffiti artists.

A disquieting Aztec sculpture displays hundreds of stone skulls representing the victims of human sacrifice.

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 historic Christian shrine nestled within a spectacular natural cave.