A prized globe signed by Amelia Earhart and Charles Lindbergh sits in the Brooklyn office of the American Geographical Society.

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

A Wisconsin kitsch palace from the 1930s lives its second life in 21st-century Brooklyn.

A band of aerialists and circus performers putting on incredible shows in East Williamsburg.

A modern addition to the Greenpoint skyline.

Lady Liberty's first beacon of enlightenment is now displayed in a museum near the statue.

Now abandoned, the first public health hospital in the U.S. saw more than one million immigrants from around the world.

Possible relics of the ancient Roman city are hidden in this restaurant's façade.

Ever wanted the laymen's version of your credit card fine print?

More gold than anywhere else, ever.

The last living thing to come out of the rubble after 9/11 is now a symbol of hope and resilience.

An accidentally hidden library containing the ephemeral history of New York.

A beautiful and abandoned New York subway station from 1904, complete with chandelier.

Built just after the American Revolution, the oldest row house in New York City still stands in Chinatown.

Order scoops of pandan, lychee, and black sesame at this family-run institution.

This memorial honors thousands of enslaved Africans and their descendants who died in colonial New York.

A historic 1890s architectural masterpiece with an iconic clock tower that, once open to the public, now faces an uncertain future.

A tiny museum housed in a New York freight elevator specializes in the "overlooked, dismissed, or ignored."

La Monte Young and Marian Zazeela's "Dream House" will immerse you in an ever changing world of sound and light.

The oldest surviving synagogue in New York City is now a soaring art space.

One kilometer of thick brass rod laid out before your eyes.

A room in New York City that contains 250 cubic yards of dirt worth a million dollars.

The artist and New York City icon lived, worked and died in this converted carriage house owned by another iconic artist, Andy Warhol.

A living archive of urban activism and space reclaimed.