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.

Relics given to a Manhattan church to avoid seizure by the Italian government.

A tiny museum housed in a New York freight elevator specializes in the "overlooked, dismissed, or ignored."

A prohibition era watering hole for the police.

A beautiful and abandoned New York subway station from 1904, complete with chandelier.

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

This beautiful building in the heart of Manhattan's Financial District was empty for decades.

Order scoops of pandan, lychee, and black sesame at this family-run institution.

Prove you deserve to be fed by Kenny Shopsin.

The humble fort that saved Washington.

Once a popular watering hole among longshoremen and shipyard workers, this neighborhood treasure spans more than 100 years of Red Hook history.

A Red Hook dive bar that is holding onto its roots.

A massive forgotten storehouse from 1913 on the Brooklyn Waterfront has a spectacular view of Brooklyn.

Check out the underground party scene at the "Burning Man of Brooklyn."

In the middle of downtown Brooklyn lies a 165 year old secret hidden right below the surface (closed to the public indefinitely).

Detailed facade of a brownstone in Boerum Hill.

A museum devoted to bringing to light forgotten or neglected histories through exhibitions, education and public programming.

The most unloved grain elevator in Brooklyn was a “Magnificent Mistake.”

Volunteer-run library dedicated to exploring five decades of activism history.

A huge resale shop for the cast-offs of the film & television industry.

Abandoned power station once home to a squatter community, now being developed into an arts center.

19th century cemetery hidden in Brooklyn's Prospect Park.

Civil War dumping ground for the bodies of terrorized Union sympathizers.

Putrefaction plateaus in Iran, where the dead were sent for decontamination before going to their final resting place.