The humble fort that saved Washington.

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

This micro-industry of Latino cuisine along Red Hook's Ball Fields represents a victory in a food fight with the city.

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

An experimental, community court opened in 2000 takes a new approach to youth offenders in south Brooklyn.

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

A legendary speakeasy bookstore returns from the brink.

This little museum is built on a theater that was once a wildly elaborate speakeasy.

During the holidays, a vintage subway train whisks New Yorkers back in time.

A tunnel once abandoned now thrives with graffiti art as an off-limits makeshift gallery.

A gigantic collection of teeny, tiny books.

The oldest Methodist church in the United States has been spreading the good news for over two centuries.

A unique attraction and museum dedicated to exploring iconic roadside structures.

Detailed facade of a brownstone in Boerum Hill.

A living archive of urban activism and space reclaimed.

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

This sculpture by artist Fritz Keonig survived the 9/11 attacks and now stands as a monument to the victims.

The Underground Railroad passed right through this historic Brooklyn Heights church.

Manhattan’s Battery Park has a whimsical carousel full of spinning, glowing fish.

A WWI fighter plane and turn-of-the-century penny candy shop are among the unexpected features of this Financial District building.

Once the tallest building in the world and the site of "the highest dinner ever held in New York" this building now holds the most expensive penthouse in the city.

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

The cruel trial of a 13-year-old boy inspired the creation of this now abandoned reformatory.

The first statue of Christ sleeping on a bench in the United States confused its affluent parish.