A world-class collection of mechanical musical instruments and automata.

A self-made museum in Queens, New York continues to display the work of a sculptor known for paving his own way.

A town trapped in time - 1958 to be exact.

Storage warehouse of the rich and famous.

This wall on a street corner in Lower Manhattan has been a blank canvas for a rotation of renowned artists since the 1980s.

There must be a pun in this haystack somewhere...

The most confusing clock in New York.

In its day this historic fort held 100 cannons pointed in almost every direction to protect New York.

Lie in a hammock where George Washington stood.

Wall Street has a new heroine, a bronze statue of a small but fierce girl.

This whimsical group of statues is a favorite of children who love to climb all over Lewis Carroll's beloved characters.

The longest continuous underwater road in North America was built at the insistence of Franklin Roosevelt.

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

This outdoor gallery of graffiti-covered walls pays homage to the past, present, and possible future of street art.

One of the most enjoyable bits of history at Coney Island and “the most romantic ride in the world.”

One of only two remaining Victorian-era greenhouses in New York.

A modern zoetrope on the New York City subway.

Rummage through this sunken ship, but leave your scuba gear at home.

An artist's cute bronze subway sculptures belie his violent artistic past.

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

Once the tallest building in the world and the site of "the highest dinner ever held in New York" this building now holds the most expensive penthouse in the city.

Mysterious 500-year-old tapestries depict a unicorn hunt.

A celebration of capitalism in Midtown.

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