The return of something once considered a basic part of life.

A charming "tea atelier" hidden away in Greenpoint, Brooklyn.

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

Known as the "Forgotten City" it was home to industry, riots, artists, squatters, and to one of the largest single disaster fires in New York City.

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

“Wagon Jobber" turned smokehouse magnate's family-owned business is still going strong 100 years later.

Once a flowing stream and where the USS Monitor, the world's first ironclad, was built and launched.

One of the few Glatt kosher delis in the United States is a cornerstone of its Hasidic neighborhood.

What was once a vast naval cemetery is now home to nesting birds and pollinating bees.

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

Walk into the 19th century without leaving Brooklyn.

This impressive mansion in Vinegar Hill has some mysterious details in its architecture.

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

One of the most enjoyable bits of history at Coney Island and “the most romantic ride in the world.”

The flagship building of an early national restaurant chain is a superb example of terra cotta art.

A uniquely lettered street sign marks the corner where the iconic word game was invented.

A collaborative art project that transformed a neighborhood in NYC's Queens.

A small peaceful park and waterfall tucked amid the urban grind of Midtown Manhattan.

Storage warehouse of the rich and famous.

A forgotten relic from New York's bygone trolley system hides in plain sight under a bridge.

One of only two commuter aerial tramways in the United States.

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

The feral felines of Roosevelt Island have a small army of allies and an abandoned hospital all to themselves.

A crumbling hospital from the 1850s on Roosevelt Island.