This hidden oasis features a stunning view of the Hudson River and the Palisades from a castle-like museum.

An eerie diorama that captures the majestic nature of a few prehistoric-looking beasts.

You must take the A train... to the last active cemetery in Manhattan.

Staten Island's original central park is the former home of the city water supply as well as thousands of immigrant graves.

This taxidermy scene brings the struggle for survival in the Indian jungle to a quiet corner of a Manhattan museum.

This impressive scene portrays the elusive forest giraffe of Central Africa.

This morbid scene depicts the Darwinian drama of death on the African savannah.

Two large-scale sculptures of Adam and Eve greet visitors in the nude at the Time Warner Center in NYC.

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

A drawbridge named for a potentially intersex Polish national who fought alongside George Washington during the American Revolution, and an example of "Pulaski Red".

During the American Revolution, this mansion hosted failed peace talks between the British and Americans.

The pioneering photographer's prints are immortalized inside her childhood home.

The longest continuous underwater road in North America was built at the insistence of Franklin Roosevelt.

Outstanding taxidermy dioramas showcase the grandeur of the continent's wildlife with spooky realism.

One-time largest man-made structure in the world will be a park in 30 years.

The humble fort that saved Washington.

Michael Jackson got Bad and Crocodile Dundee walked on heads in this iconic Brooklyn subway station.

Currently housing a corporate bank branch this building at the southern tip of Manhattan was once the gateway to luxury vacationing.

2,000 barrels of aging beer hidden in a warehouse at the Brooklyn Navy Yard.

Hidden inside one of the world's most well-visited zoos is a secret plaque promising eternal life.

A former seaside jewel built for the everyman is now simply a neglected art deco fortress.

In the middle of suburban Staten Island, a nearly 150-year-old bakery is preserving the art of a disappearing New York treat.

Pulled from the rubble of one of the worst modern tragedies, a steel crossbeam became a symbol of hope for New Yorkers.

Collect holy water from a Bronx grotto.