The ballpark in "Pigtown" where the Brooklyn Dodgers made their name was replaced with a huge apartment complex.

Two large-scale sculptures of Adam and Eve greet visitors in the nude at the Time Warner Center in NYC.

The highest rapid transit station in the world.

Once a ferry dock, radio transmitter, and now a new Greenpoint park.

A large boulder marks the place where the island of Manhattan was purportedly "sold" to the Dutch.

Compensation for the destruction of a historic shipyard.

A drawbridge named for a potentially intersex Polish national who fought alongside George Washington during the American Revolution, and an example of "Pulaski Red".

Love is in the air along the small street in Brooklyn.

This beautiful Brooklyn monument over a crypt memorializes a grim and largely unknown story from the American Revolution.

The longest continuous underwater road in North America was built at the insistence of Franklin Roosevelt.

This simple Manhattan salt house is artfully shaped... well, like a giant granule of salt.

Michael Jackson got Bad and Crocodile Dundee walked on heads in this iconic Brooklyn subway station.

Lehigh Valley barge No. 79 still gets tugged along - but now it houses a museum and unusual performances.

Teddy Roosevelt’s famous “midnight ride to the presidency" started at this small lake high up in the Adirondacks.

The summit Roosevelt conquered before he descended to become The Chief.

Built just after the American Revolution, the oldest row house in New York City still stands in Chinatown.

A former poultry store that looks like a giant duck and is one of the "seven wonders" of Long Island.

A large camera obscura, constructed entirely from digitally fabricated components.

This secluded ruin was once a home for exotic plants.

Here, exhibits come with a side of edible history.

The smallest island in Manhattan is a manmade landfill dominated by a Buddhist peace arch.

This subterranean oyster house has been the pearl of Grand Central Station since 1913.

This city park was once a lookout point for George Washington’s army during the Battle of Brooklyn in 1776.

This enormous banquet-themed artwork honors over 1,000 notable women throughout history.