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

You can still ride this 100-year-old work of art in Brooklyn's largest public park.

This enormous Hindu temple in Queens serves incredible dosas in its basement canteen.

The crown jewel of the Queens Museum is a nearly 10,000-square-foot architectural model of the city originally built for the 1964 World's Fair.

Visit the monolithic tomb of America's most famous general.

The factory for the popular Dumbo location, the Greenpoint shop is a quiet gem.

Lie in a hammock where George Washington stood.

During the holidays, a vintage subway train whisks New Yorkers back in time.

The remnants of two World's Fairs are here, complete with a 12-story globe, a mini-Manhattan, and a UFO-shaped pavilion.

A band of aerialists and circus performers putting on incredible shows in East Williamsburg.

Read between the lines of the subway map to find the hidden abandoned Civil War fort.

Sniff the Titan Arum's rotting flesh.

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

A semi-scholarly approach to sex.

The oldest family-run luncheonette in New York, last renovated in 1948, still serves food and drinks the old-fashioned way.

Elevated freight railway turned wildly successful urban park.

A crumbling hospital from the 1850s on Roosevelt Island.

An underground magnet for ever-changing street art.

The world-record holder for the longest bridge stretching continuously over water.

This New Orleans tree is filled with hidden chimes that produce a carefully tuned melody.

Introducing the Green Fairy to her fawning masses.

Once the site of a Native American harvest festival, this humble clearing later played an invaluable role in the birth of jazz.

A hurricane-stricken oak tree has been reborn as a beautiful chainsaw artwork.

Shop for books in the New Orleans house where William Faulkner once lived.