The oldest continuously operating Catholic school west of the Mississippi.

This little museum has an exhibit devoted to the elusive forest denizens.

Condemned US Navy seaplane control tower turned officers’ club sits atop Yerba Buena Island.

The sole surviving relic of the San Francisco neighborhood cobbled together from old horsecars and streetcars.

The largest whiskey stash on the West Coast survived the 1906 fires--but not without heroic effort.

Tiki luxury on Nob Hill.

The rustic cabin-like decor of this Arts and Crafts-style church reflects the love of nature central to its little-known theology.

This one-block alleyway is stuffed with street art that is colorful, cultural, and intensely political.

A 120-year oil leak slowly unleashes more gallons of oil than the Exxon/Mobil disaster.

The only remaining Jewish congregation in Greenpoint.

The ballpark in "Pigtown" where the Brooklyn Dodgers made their name was replaced with a huge apartment complex.

Red Hook's massive public pool, built by Robert Moses.

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

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.

A strip of modern stores in historic buildings.

The only surviving sidewalk clock in Brooklyn.

A simple plaque remembers a California island massacre that claimed more than 100 lives.

California's own majestic geyser is powered by a subterranean volcano.

27-room home built with the fortune of a sugar magnate.

A pier that used to act as a busy ferry dock is now a decaying favorite of local fisherman and urban artists.

A living time capsule of the 1960s Richardson Bay water-front.

An enormous artwork that colorfully celebrates over 150 years of US military achievements.