Direct, creative challenge to Mother Nature's winter wrath.

Secret hideaway for an alternative beach experience.

This old residential building was once the largest flour mill in the world.

This kaleidoscopic mural shows Bob Dylan throughout his transition from young troubadour to Nobel laureate.

After the musical legend's death, his memorial was mysteriously graffitied in gold.

The dishes at this restaurant by The Sioux Chef celebrate indigenous heritage.

A museum dedicated to the exploring past, present, and future innovations.

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

A burial ground of rusting metal grave markers.

Here, exhibits come with a side of edible history.

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.

This subterranean oyster house has been the pearl of Grand Central Station since 1913.

Waterway populated with abandoned projects, including a submarine.

A working metal shop and venue for outrageous art and music shows in a former cannonball factory.

This abandoned caretaker's apartment is one of 13 left in the New York Public Library system.

Walk into the 19th century without leaving Brooklyn.

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

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.

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

This hidden library of physiological ephemera contains centuries worth of knowledge on the vim and viscera of the human body.

“Invented in Key West, Perfected in Brooklyn."

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.