“Invented in Key West, Perfected in Brooklyn."

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

The humble fort that saved Washington.

Come for the sustainable organic chocolate, stay for the sustainable organic booze.

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

Where there’s manufacturing, there’s fire!

An unconventional space for art and science housed in a massive old warehouse.

Records of the dead describe the myriad odd ways people used to die.

This innocent-looking townhome is actually a subway exit.

Behind a bodega is a small museum of relics and ephemera showcasing the history of New York.

A curious friendship between two inanimate ladies.

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

A tree that grows parallel to the ground was declared Brooklyn's "crowning curio" by the poet who saved it.

Ride the subways of yesteryear.

La Monte Young and Marian Zazeela's "Dream House" will immerse you in an ever changing world of sound and light.