Central Park
Architect: Jacob Wrey Mould and Calvert Vaux
Date Constructed: 1872

This fairytale castle might not be the sort of place that architectural critics would put in their list of top New York buildings, but to every New Yorker who’s ever strolled through Central Park’s Shakespeare Gardens or skipped stones on the Turtle Pond, Belvedere Castle ranks up there in beauty with the most modern of skyscrapers. The terrace of the castle is a great place for people and bird watching, or to take in a long summer sunset.