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

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

One Brooklyn man's collection of life-size fiberglass statues has taken over his entire yard.

This small, hidden cove is home to abandoned boats.

A beautiful collection of architectural ornaments rescued from demolished New York City buildings.

A curious friendship between two inanimate ladies.

Empty, but not abandoned, this cavernous Brooklyn loading dock was once considered the largest individual building in the world.

Neon signs that grace the windows of Bergdorf Goodman's and Tiffany & Co. come from this studio in Brooklyn.

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

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.

Ride the subways of yesteryear.

A mysterious statue of a leather jacket-clad rebel leans coolly on an odd yellow clock.

Piano-making empire filled with 200-year-old steam machines still churning out 1,000 instruments a year.

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

The final resting place of the great escape artist, where some still gather to wait for his escape from death.

Once America's longest-manned military fort, now an abandoned hulk.

In the middle of suburban Staten Island, a nearly 150-year-old bakery is preserving the art of a disappearing New York treat.

An iconic steel and chrome diner from the 1940s left empty for nearly 20 years is in danger of being demolished.

A take-out restaurant that only serves cuisine from countries with which the United States is in conflict.

This public park was the site of the largest civilian disaster of the Civil War.

A giant ball made from pieces of an old Jeep.

The last street in Pittsburgh that's paved with wood.

A museum dedicated to the strange and extravagant costumes and memorabilia of the mummers, a tradition older than Philadelphia itself.

The origin of this mechanical boy was a mystery until he revealed his maker by writing it in perfect cursive.