This remarkably well-preserved Egyptian plinth is pretty well traveled for a giant piece of stone.

A fountain standing as a testament to a doomed alliance.

Ancient serpentine sacrifice holder that has stood the test of time.

The inventor of the Coney Island hot dog rests in a grand mausoleum in Brooklyn.

A Victorian cemetery in the heart of Brooklyn remains a popular mecca of morbid curiosity.

The remnants of what was once the largest film studio on the East Coast are hiding in plain sight.

This lower Manhattan bar is set up in an old bank vault that rests beneath a skyscraper that hides even more historic splendor.

The last remaining 19th-century mile marker along the historic Ocean Parkway.

The site of the deadly Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire.

This 19th-century clock has been restored to help withstand the harsh environment of its seaside home.

This full-sized orange tree lives suspended in mid-air above the streets of Jaffa.

An overlooked monument to the celebrity gangster who helped put the sin in Sin City.

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

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

The beloved statue at the National Academy of Sciences is oh so inviting to sit on.

Oldest synagogue in the United States.

An ode to Japanese artist Hokusai, with a bit of a comical twist.

An homage to Jackie Gleason's bus-driving character from 'The Honeymooners.'

The only subway station in the city that still makes use of gap fillers.

This unique house, the only one of its kind in Brooklyn, was built as part of a real estate developer's showcase.

A series of fish plaques that are embedded in the malls of Ocean Parkway.

Touching mementoes from those who didn't make it back from World War I still hang in one of New York's oldest bars.

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

Giant busts of 42 U.S. presidents sit, crumbling in a field in Virginia.