Site of the first pathological and bacteriological research facility in the United States.

A graffiti Mecca welcoming artists from around the world.

Townhouse facade doubles as an RMS Titanic Memorial.

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

Feral cats keeping the rodent population at bay all across Greenpoint waterfront.

Nature and beauty amidst pollution and industrial wreckage.

A modern addition to the Greenpoint skyline.

Holding the most bodies of any cemetery in the United States.

Final resting place for the Triangle Shirtwaist fire’s unidentified victims.

One of the oldest Jewish cemeteries in the city, it is now overgrown with an urban forest.

Manhattan's lighthouse, erected at the insistence of the unsinkable Molly Brown.

Ride the subways of yesteryear.

A decommissioned military complex that's now a modern industrial park.

Walk into the 19th century without leaving Brooklyn.

A modern zoetrope on the New York City subway.

In the middle of downtown Brooklyn lies a 165 year old secret hidden right below the surface (closed to the public indefinitely).

Sniff the Titan Arum's rotting flesh.

A popular European tradition makes its way to the states on one of America's most famous bridges.

First a horse rendering plant, then a 19th century landfill, this beach is full of glass from thousands upon thousands of broken bottles.