A big shiny gin and whiskey distillery in Sunset Park.

The final resting place of the great escape artist, where some still gather to wait for his escape from death.

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

The one-stop shop for all of your superhero (or evil arch-nemesis) needs.

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

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

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

Brooklyn vintners creating world-class wine in a city not known for its vineyards.

“Invented in Key West, Perfected in Brooklyn."

Take in a rare, face-to-face glimpse of Lady Liberty at this tucked away Red Hook park.

This former Norwegian sailor's church is slowly being taken over by ramshackle robot musicians.

The remnants of two World's Fairs are here, complete with a 12-story globe, a mini-Manhattan, and a UFO-shaped pavilion.

This collection of grinning ephemera has grown from basement to Brooklyn.

America's greatest forgotten garden and the former stomping grounds of Son of Sam.

An abandoned horticulture institute gloomily presides over rows of derelict and vine-wrought greenhouses.

Ride the subways of yesteryear.

A yoga studio and venue for "chill-out parties" in a former chicken slaughterhouse.

A massive art collective tries a new take on Brooklyn's DIY music scene—by making it fully legal.

A modern zoetrope on the New York City subway.

Haven for steampunks.

A hyper-luxurious, 12,000- square foot home might be buried beneath Queens, still waiting to protect you from nuclear missiles.

Series of storm drains connected to a dark urban legend.

An 1883 schoolhouse now home to collective of artists.

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