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

For over 30 years the walls of this Harlem schoolyard have been a gallery of street art by "Kings and better."

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

Unique antiquarian shop specializing in globes, maps, and prints.

A pedestrian island in the middle of world-famous Times Square emits a strange (and purposeful) humming noise.

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

A celebration of capitalism in Midtown.

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

Read a book next to a Midtown waterfall.

The feral felines of Roosevelt Island have a small army of allies and an abandoned hospital all to themselves.

Elevated freight railway turned wildly successful urban park.

A miniature rainforest is growing inside of a Midtown Manhattan office building.

A tiny museum housed in a New York freight elevator specializes in the "overlooked, dismissed, or ignored."

Amid the bustle and noise of the Financial District hides a secluded garden oasis above the city streets.

The metal truss bridge served as the sole entry point to an "isolation island" for smallpox outbreaks throughout the 1870s and early 1940s.

Now a public art piece, this curious metal feature originally advertised a tinsmith's services.

These prehistoric replicas were based on actual skeletal remains.

A sprawling Victorian farm that has been surrounded by a capital city is one of Canada's greatest treasures.

The mastermind behind this palatial hotel perished on the Titanic weeks before its grand opening.

A boardwalk winds above this beautiful bog full of wildlife and a rare type of turtle.

Louise Bourgeois' 30-foot-tall steel spider sculpture.

This historic Canadian jail was once the longest operating prison in the country and is now open for people to incarcerate themselves.

The floating gallery illuminates the heart of Québec City's arts district.

This lovely, if imposing, piece of Canadian gothic is possibly the most photographed hotel in the world.