This landmark building is now a vibrant performing arts space with musical acts from around the world.

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 self-made museum in Queens, New York continues to display the work of a sculptor known for paving his own way.

The preserved house of a jazz legend still echoes with his music.

An easy to overlook storefront hides some of the most authentic and regionally diverse Chinese food in New York.

This abandoned seaside fortress is now simply an imposing ruin being taken back by nature.

The crown jewel of the Queens Museum is a nearly 10,000-square-foot architectural model of the city originally built for the 1964 World's Fair.

The remnants of two World's Fairs are here, complete with a 12-story globe, a mini-Manhattan, and a UFO-shaped pavilion.

Steam out your ears for New Year's Eve.

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

This micro-industry of Latino cuisine along Red Hook's Ball Fields represents a victory in a food fight with the city.

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

An oasis of calm amid the chaos of the boardwalk, the museum traces the heritage of this beloved beachside amusement park.

This outdoor gallery of graffiti-covered walls pays homage to the past, present, and possible future of street art.

A Victorian cemetery in the heart of Brooklyn remains a popular mecca of morbid curiosity.

A modern zoetrope on the New York City subway.

“Invented in Key West, Perfected in Brooklyn."

Sniff the Titan Arum's rotting flesh.

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

The former sign of this immortal music venue is just that--undying.

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

America's oldest Eastern European synagogue provided the immigrants of crowded Lower East Side tenements a space of sanctuary.

A dark patch of the ceiling at Grand Central Terminal which was not restored is still stained brown by tobacco.

There must be a pun in this haystack somewhere...