A vibrant, 100-foot-tall mural dedicated to Evelyn Nesbit, the tragic icon of the Gilded Age.

A 120-year oil leak slowly unleashes more gallons of oil than the Exxon/Mobil disaster.

Once called Winthrop Park in 1889, home to a decidedly sexy tribute to the Monitor vs. Merrimac battle.

Nondescript building owned by ExxonMobil working on siphoning Greenpoint Oil Spill out of the ground.

A modern addition to the Greenpoint skyline.

Nature and beauty amidst pollution and industrial wreckage.

The façade of this building looks like a bingo board, but it's really a giant clock by a famed graphic designer.

A strangely angled West Village home is the only monument to an explosion that took the lives of three American revolutionaries.

The only gallery in New York dedicated to olfactory art and the exploration of scent in art.

This private residence was the template for one of the most beloved television homes of all time.

This beloved marketplace mascot poops money and grants good luck.

Whimsical artist house in the New Jersey woods.

This neighborhood grocery houses a treasure trove of Eastern European delights.

This lavish room at NYC's French Embassy is a rare relic from the end of the Gilded Age.

Though its celestial ceiling is impressive, the true star is the vast collection of French books.

Read a book next to a Midtown waterfall.

Con Edison’s exotic and heat-loving pests.

This preserved wilderness hides the remains of a colonial grain mill used to feed George Washington's troops.

This suburban enclave is home to a very unique art exhibit.

A simple plaque remembers an act of WWI terrorism that obliterated an island and forever scarred the Statue of Liberty.

Built as a home for the Union Porcelain magnate in 1867, now the Greenpoint Reformed Church and home to a ceramic mystery.

Enormous one time fiber mill now houses local artists and small businesses.

Known as the "Forgotten City" it was home to industry, riots, artists, squatters, and to one of the largest single disaster fires in New York City.

A beautiful collection of architectural ornaments rescued from demolished New York City buildings.