The Empire State is home to the nation’s largest population center, New York City, beautiful rural scenery, historic sites, and internationally recognized landmarks. Many people visit New York City because of all it has to offer, but its attractions and activities also make it an ideal place to look at real estate and homes for sale. Many of the buildings and landmarks in New York are known throughout the world, including the Empire State Building, a US National Historic Landmark and for many years the tallest building in the world. Its observation deck, outdoor promenades, and glass enclosure is frequented by those who want the best possible view of this magnificent city. In direct contrast, rural New York State is great for relaxation and calmness, offering sprawling fields, friendly residents, the state capital of Albany, and wide open spaces.
Brooklyn Botanic Garden, Queens Botanical Garden, Staten Island Botanical Garden, New York Botanical Garden, and Central Park are great for escaping the hustle and bustle of New York City, while New York Aquarium, the Central Park Wildlife Center, the Staten Island Zoo, Alley Pond Environmental Center, Queens Zoo, and the Bronx Zoo are home to a wide variety of flora and fauna. New York City is also well known for its great museums, which include the Guggenheim Museum, Queens County Farm Museum, the American Museum of Natural History, the Queens Museum of Art, the Museum of Modern Art, the American Museum of the Moving Image, the Museum of the City of New York, the Jewish Museum, the Ukrainian Museum, Madame Tussaud’s Wax Museum, the Museum of Television and Radio, the New York Transit Museum, the Museum of Jewish Heritage, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Whitney Museum, the Lower East Side Tenement Museum, the New York City Fire Museum, the Brooklyn History and Children’s Museums, the New Museum of Contemporary Art, the Children’s Museum of Manhattan, the National Museum of the American Indian, and the Cooper Hewitt Design Museum. Other attractions range from Times Square and Madison Square Garden to the Rockefeller Center, the Statue of Liberty, the NYSE, and Broadway.