The graveyard holds the remains of Irish immigrants who arrived in Queens after fleeing the Great Famine.

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

A former seaside jewel built for the everyman is now simply a neglected art deco fortress.

The oldest pastificio in Queens offers visitors fresh noodles and a peek inside the macaroni-making magic.

A massive art collective tries a new take on Brooklyn's DIY music scene—by making it fully legal.

A huge resale shop for the cast-offs of the film & television industry.

A museum devoted to bringing to light forgotten or neglected histories through exhibitions, education and public programming.

2 square block factory in Greenpoint erected in 1936.

Neoclassical bank designed by NY architects Helmle & Huberty.

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

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

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

Headquarters of the world's fourth largest Hasidic sect and the first of many "770s" around the world.

If you were standing here on October 5th, 1950, you'd be dead.

Once called Winthrop Park in 1889, home to a decidedly sexy tribute to the Monitor vs. Merrimac battle.

A modern addition to the Greenpoint skyline.

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

The longest continuous underwater road in North America was built at the insistence of Franklin Roosevelt.

One of the deadliest American air disasters is nearly forgotten in Brooklyn.

Enter the deli, walk until you hit the taxidermy, then order some hot, homey guisado.

Now the site of a high school, this was almost the location of the largest cathedral in the US.

Church featuring "high Victorian gothic" architecture.

Once a dumping spot, now a park with a kayak launch.

While it now takes more than a dime to open an account this historic Brooklyn bank still displays the opulence of the gilded age in which it was built.