One of the largest public housing complexes in New York once visited by Eleanor Roosevelt.

This theater opened in 1998, but both the building and the puppeteers who perform there have a distinguished history.

An homage to Jackie Gleason's bus-driving character from 'The Honeymooners.'

The engineering feat of the Panama Canal was possible in small part thanks to materials developed in this humble Red Hook foundry.

This controversial statue has migrated twice in its life.

On the second floor of a small town library is an homage to angling and memorial to a great local fisherman.

Located on the banks of the St. Lawrence River, this mansion is home to a massive art collection.

This stained glass window designed by Tiffany Studios is hidden behind the circulation desk of a public library.

The highest natural point in New York City and all of the Atlantic coastal plain.

The oldest private residence in New York City.

Home to first responders to Greenpoint's devastating oil fires.

A touching tribute to the "Queen of Soul."

A cruise terminal that changes the atmosphere of Red Hook's industrial waterfront.

This suburban enclave is home to a very unique art exhibit.

The French deconstructionist had a weakness for baked goods.

This manor in the woods memorializes one of the greatest birders of a generation.

Where there’s manufacturing, there’s fire!

A physical catalog of ceramics made by the now-defunct Celadon Terra Cotta company.

A waterway covered over after the Industrial Revolution has been unearthed and cleaned up, for the enjoyment of fish and humans alike.

Nondescript building owned by ExxonMobil working on siphoning Greenpoint Oil Spill out of the ground.

One of the remaining markers of an era when Brooklyn and Flatbush were separate cities.

A plaque on a rock dedicated to a famous, forgotten author, and put in an impossible place.

This Upstate New York park squeezes a lot of history into its two-acre triangular space.

2 square block factory in Greenpoint erected in 1936.