This historic address is home to the beloved ball and is an almost totally empty building among the most expensive real estate in the world.

This subterranean oyster house has been the pearl of Grand Central Station since 1913.

This mosaic dedicated to John Lennon was tended for years by a Beatles super-fan.

A pedestrian island in the middle of world-famous Times Square emits a strange (and purposeful) humming noise.

A dilapidated dock tells the story of Titanic’s missed arrival.

One of only two commuter aerial tramways in the United States.

Whisper secrets in a busy station only to be heard on the other side of this acoustic arch.

Elevated freight railway turned wildly successful urban park.

Try not to get slimed in Tribeca.

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

A crumbling hospital from the 1850s on Roosevelt Island.

Ship-sized kinetic sculptural fantasy.

Follow the original medieval paths that wind through this intriguing section of the city.

This popular square's history as the former site of a church is right beneath your feet.

Makers and sellers of the original and finest York Ghosts.

Rows of stone statues are dressed up to mourn children that are lost before birth.

Tokyo’s only Vaudeville-cuckoo clock–steampunk-Victorian curio cabinet time piece.

An ornate aviary built during the Victorian trend of collecting exotic birds.

Flying high, this unusual hornet statue celebrates the local soccer team formerly owned by Elton John.

The eternal resting place of the last highwayman hanged in England.

This early Norman castle was the first historical monument protected by an act of Parliament.

A giant roundabout made up of six smaller roundabouts can befuddle the uninitiated.

This windmill is believed to be the oldest in the British Isles.

You can climb to the top of the column built to honor the "father of British inland navigation."