This bridge over D.C.'s Rock Creek Park is sometimes called the "Buffalo Bridge" because of its four buffalo sculptures, which were cast from a single piece of bronze.

The National Park Service’s best-kept secret with views that rival any in D.C.

An overlooked memorial honoring the local Washington residents who died in World War I.

Skewer up Kangaroo.

A grand New York post office that is home to mailman Santas, scraps of postal history, and a pneumatic mail system.

The former sign of this immortal music venue is just that--undying.

One man’s obsessive, 30-plus-year quest is behind the pies at this spot on the Lower East Side.

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

One of the city’s oldest watering holes was originally the home of a famous James Brown (not that one).

Phil Mortillaro uses keys to bring art back to the Village.

The most confusing clock in New York.

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

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

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

Everyone from Mark Twain to Teddy Roosevelt has a pipe hanging from the walls of this historic chophouse.

Blighted Irish field and the ruins of a 19th-century cottage on the edge of urban Manhattan.

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

Slyly buy a shake in the Parker Meridien lobby.

Great place to have a drink and a bite to eat in an atmosphere laden with New York's Bohemian past.

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.

The fanciest public restroom in New York City boasts fresh flowers, art, and a classical music soundtrack.

The walls are decorated with whimsical murals painted by the creator of the Madeline franchise.

A very classy 1920s-era bar right in Grand Central Station.

This cemetery has graves dating back to the 17th century, including the city's oldest carved tombstone and an ominous cryptogram.