This poignant display is now a memorial to these regionally extinct species.

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

There's a piece of New York City transportation history hidden in plain sight at a Manhattan subway stop.

A popular European tradition makes its way to the states on one of America's most famous bridges.

Built just after the American Revolution, the oldest row house in New York City still stands in Chinatown.

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

Avoid gangster interaction while window-shopping.

New York City's first Modernist house.

A Manhattan office building is home to the world’s largest chess board.

Tucked away amidst some of the most famous addresses in the world is New York’s only fraction of a street.

Slyly buy a shake in the Parker Meridien lobby.

This translucent sculpture represents a quintessential component of New York City's skyline.

This unmarked and unloved Manhattan subway grate created one of the most iconic images in American cinema.

If it hadn't been caught in time, a flaw in the design of this Manhattan skyscraper could have led to its collapse.

A small peaceful park and waterfall tucked amid the urban grind of Midtown Manhattan.

The former home of the reclusive "Weird Wendels" who dominated New York real estate a century before Donald Trump.

One of the last few places in Manhattan that employed a pneumatic systemic keeps it on display.

The original toys that inspired the beloved children's stories are on display at the New York Public Library.

This study room in the New York Public Library saw the creation of one of contemporary America's greatest traitors.

Become a prohibition rebel.

This too-low North Carolina railroad trestle is still a notorious big rig executioner.

Don't be surprised if you see a long-necked dinosaur peeking out from among the trees in Northgate Park.

This fallen red oak tree has been transformed into a piece of trailside art.

This hollow steel globe is the second-largest in the world.