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

Leaf through over 30,000 artists' sketchbooks in what may be the world's largest collection of doodles

Tucked in a nondescript downtown Brooklyn mall is a bar containing a remarkable turn of the century anatomical wax collection last seen in 1920s Berlin.

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

Once home to the country's most gargantuan ships, this graving dock now waits for people to buy furniture.

Where there’s manufacturing, there’s fire!

The humble fort that saved Washington.

School named after its beloved principal, killed in the cross-fire of a drug related shooting.

A trove of century-old litho stones from the Puck Building's printing days were discovered behind a cellar wall, and are now hanging in the store.

The oldest family-run luncheonette in New York, last renovated in 1948, still serves food and drinks the old-fashioned way.

This anonymous businessman sculpted in bronze became an enduring memorial after 9/11, and had been mistaken by rescue workers for a survivor in the rubble.

The "Seinfeld" diner.

A dilapidated dock tells the story of Titanic's missed arrival.

A terrific purveyor of natural history objects and curios.

Walk over a 150 year old manhole.

A veritable variety of odds and ends.

These historic buildings once housed the headquarters of one of the most infamous gangs of New York.

Test your business savvy and play the market for cocktails at this stock exchange-inspired watering hole.

The origins of midtown Manhattan's anachronistic wooden farmhouse remain a mystery.

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

Where Greenpoint's first European settler—and troublemaker—made his home.

Where the Monitor was launched and ushered in the age of the "ironclads."

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

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