This elaborate tunnel is the first structure composed of cast concrete in the United States.

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

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.

This striking arch, one of the first architectural elements constructed in Prospect Park, was recently restored to its original glory.

On the hills of Bay Ridge stands a house straight out of a fairy tale.

Michael Jackson got Bad and Crocodile Dundee walked on heads in this iconic Brooklyn subway station.

New York's southernmost subway station is whimsically wavy.

This city park was once a lookout point for George Washington’s army during the Battle of Brooklyn in 1776.

Brooklyn's Barkaloo Cemetery is the resting place of a scant two bodies.

Con Edison’s exotic and heat-loving pests.

This seemingly unremarkable boulder is said to bear the hoofprint of the devil himself.

Brooklyn's most iconic restaurant, resurrected.

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

A tree that grows parallel to the ground was declared Brooklyn's "crowning curio" by the poet who saved it.

The famed amusement district marks the beginning of summer with a wild procession of nautical creatures.

I fought the law and the precinct caved in.

An abandoned subway tunnel that could have reinvigorated Staten Island still lies somewhere beneath this Brooklyn park.

This secluded ruin was once a home for exotic plants.

19th century cemetery hidden in Brooklyn's Prospect Park.

Walk into the 19th century without leaving Brooklyn.

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

You can still ride this 100-year-old work of art in Brooklyn's largest public park.

This innocent-looking townhome is actually a subway exit.

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