The Natural History Museum is one of the most famous tourist attractions in New York City. With four floors of gallery space, the building is spread over an area of several city blocks. Inside there are 42 permanent and temporary exhibits, covering everything in creation from the beginning of time to the present, and every discipline of human science.
The new Rose Center for Earth and Space exhibits a history of the Universe from the Big Bang until now, narrated by Jodi Foster, featuring models of various stellar bodies to emphasize the relative sizes of objects in the Universe, an ecosystem contained inside a glass ball and an assortment of other space related displays.
The city’s famed 843-acre park features a carousel, a wildlife center, outdoor theaters, monuments and extensive pedestrian walking and jogging paths. A haven in any season, Central Park is ideal for reveling in nature's beauty hidden within the Manhattan landscape.
Offering both hilly and flat terrain and a combination of surfaces, Central Park is a runner's paradise. The site of the New York Marathon's final 3.2 miles, Central Park offers many scenic distractions while providing a challenge to all levels of runners.
Lined with expensive park-view real estate and historical mansions, it is a symbol of wealthy New York. Between 34th Street and 59th Street, it is also one of the premier shopping streets in the world, on par with Oxford Street in London, the Champs-Élysées in Paris and Via Montenapoleone in Milan. Fifth Avenue is home to famous department stores and designer boutiques such as Saks Fifth Avenue, Bergdorf Goodman, Cartier and Tiffany & Co.
Fifth Avenue is also the dividing line for streets in Manhattan. It, for instance, separates East Fifty-ninth Street from West Fifty-ninth Street. As the zero-numbering point for its street addresses, numbers increase in both directions as one moves away from Fifth Avenue to the East and West.