A memorial to the first person killed by a motor vehicle in the Western Hemisphere.

Hordes of precariously balanced stone figures crowd the shores of the Hudson River.

New York City's only wildlife rehabilitation center treats more than 3,000 feathered and furry patients each year.

This Dutch Colonial home is the oldest remaining farmhouse in Manhattan.

One of the last Jazz Age "Wonder Theaters" in New York City.

Manhattan's deadly West Side railroad, which killed hundreds of New Yorkers, is remembered by this simple plaque.

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

The smallest island in Manhattan is a manmade landfill dominated by a Buddhist peace arch.

The name of this tiny pocket park tucked between two buildings on Manhattan's Upper West Side is Latin for its location: "seventy-one."

Curious crustaceans support an obelisk from ancient Egypt that now stands in modern-day Central Park.

Take a step into the workshop where Edison and his employees revolutionized the world.

A giant light 13 feet high shines near Thomas Edison's old Menlo Park lab.

This castle-like building in Manhattan helped destigmatize cancer in the 19th century.

This speakeasy continues the Prohibition-era legacy of Harlem's jazzy Swing Street.

This nearly invisible wire transforms much of the city into one big, symbolic home on the holy day.

Long the exclusive domain of birds and vagabonds, this little-known Central Park peninsula is open to the public once more.

Elevated freight railway turned wildly successful urban park.

A masterpiece of LGBT art has been restored in what may now be the most valuable restroom in America.

The site of the deadly Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire.

Hundreds of antique bank vault locks on display in New York City.

The artwork that Italians felt California didn't deserve.

A common entry point to the Griffith Observatory trail holds its own wonders.

America's most famous piece of self-built architecture.

Where religious effigies, magic soaps, and occult candles are brought to customers at wholesale prices.