This former water source for the City of Brooklyn is now a thriving natural wetland.

An aptly-named street near the birthplace of the modern LGBT rights movement.

A menagerie of concrete animals brought together from across New York City's parks.

Sip a cappuccino in the historic cafe that introduced them to the United States.

This magnificent herd of stampeding elephants has been frozen in time for over a century.

This museum dedicated to the history of the medical bone trade and human osteology.

These small stands sell Malian snacks to worshippers and passersby after Friday prayers in Harlem.

Enter the deli, walk until you hit the taxidermy, then order some hot, homey guisado.

This block in downtown Brooklyn was a hotbed of antislavery activism along the Underground Railroad.

This Queens beer hall preserves a German culture and language that is all but lost.

The mosaic Star of David at the front of this store hints that it's no ordinary Italian grocer.

Two community gardens under the elevated subway lines on a very busy commercial strip in Bushwick.

This Manhattan museum houses one of the largest collections of Spanish art and manuscripts outside of Spain.

Micro-distillery in Brooklyn produces New York’s first homemade rum since Prohibition.

At this hidden studio, the dying art of taxidermy is alive and well.

In Little Caribbean, an ice-cream shop serves up regional flavors, including soursop, Irish moss, and "greatnut."

The world’s largest collection of Tiffany glass sits in a warehouse in Queens.

Waterway populated with abandoned projects, including a submarine.

Obscure and obsolete publications are given new life as works of art.

A one-ton statue of Steve Rogers beautifies the entry to a Brooklyn Bed, Bath & Beyond.

A town trapped in time - 1958 to be exact.

One of the few Glatt kosher delis in the United States is a cornerstone of its Hasidic neighborhood.

One of the oldest Jewish cemeteries in the city, it is now overgrown with an urban forest.

Serving Central Asian breads that range from cracker-crisp to warm and fluffy, this bakery brings Bukhara to Queens.