The largest archaeological site from the Yayoi period.

Here, exhibits come with a side of edible history.

Two monstrous warehouses. One now holds priceless works of art, the other stands abandoned and dilapidated.

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

An exhibition space dedicated to American outsider art created between the 18th and 21st centuries.

The first museum in the United States dedicated entirely to posters.

This 19th century brick building in Brooklyn stands out like the anachronistic landmark that it is.

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

A big shiny gin and whiskey distillery in Sunset Park.

Offbeat arts organization that hosts exhibitions, events, and explorations.

A town trapped in time - 1958 to be exact.

This historic building housed the surviving crew members of the Titanic, who were left destitute after the wreck.

Nature and beauty amidst pollution and industrial wreckage.

Feral cats keeping the rodent population at bay all across Greenpoint waterfront.

Walk into the 19th century without leaving Brooklyn.

A staggering collection of photographs depicting medical, social, and historical change.

This iconic tattoo shop has its own onsite museum with artifacts from the early history of modern body art.

Once America's longest-manned military fort, now an abandoned hulk.

The oldest house in Manhattan is now a museum that remembers the home's sordid history of scandals, vice-presidents, and ghosts.

First a horse rendering plant, then a 19th century landfill, this beach is full of glass from thousands upon thousands of broken bottles.

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

The haunting, dilapidated remains of a former poorhouse on Staten Island's Greenbelt.

The name of this famed hospital was once a byword for the horrors of medical and psychiatric care.

This cemetery has graves dating back to the 17th century, including the city's oldest carved tombstone and an ominous cryptogram.