A museum housed on an aircraft carrier that happens to also be a national historic monument. The USS Intrepid actually served in World War II and Vietnam and helped out NASA in recovery missions.
Stacked with cool aircraft, including the Lockheed A-12 Blackbird and the Concord, plus space shuttles. It’s docked right on the Hudson River, waiting for you to come aboard and enter the Danger Zone.
The Bronx Zoo, as you may not be surprised to learn, is in the Bronx. It's the largest metropolitan zoo in the US and one of the biggest in the world. Highlights include the Congo Gorilla Forest and the African Plains, and the Children's Zoo is a perennial hit with the little ones.