This eclectic sculpture garden in Brooklyn, home to a bizarre collection of art, was once a run-down junkyard.

The only surviving sidewalk clock in Brooklyn.

This preserved wilderness hides the remains of a colonial grain mill used to feed George Washington's troops.

In Little Caribbean, an ice-cream shop serves up regional flavors, including soursop, Irish moss, and "greatnut."

This family-owned bakery is one of the last places in Brooklyn to sell the Nation of Islam–inspired bean pie.

Con Edison’s exotic and heat-loving pests.

One of the few Glatt kosher delis in the United States is a cornerstone of its Hasidic neighborhood.

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

One Brooklyn man's collection of life-size fiberglass statues has taken over his entire yard.

A B.Y.O.B. Mexican cantina lives inside one of the last tortilla factories in Brooklyn.

One of only two remaining Victorian-era greenhouses in New York.

Nature and beauty amidst pollution and industrial wreckage.

Detailed facade of a brownstone in Boerum Hill.

“Invented in Key West, Perfected in Brooklyn."

Sniff the Titan Arum's rotting flesh.

This former water source for the City of Brooklyn is now a thriving natural wetland.

A mysterious statue of a leather jacket-clad rebel leans coolly on an odd yellow clock.

A collaborative art project that transformed a neighborhood in NYC's Queens.

Some of New York's best tacos can be found in the back of an unassuming bodega in Queens.

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.

This enormous Hindu temple in Queens serves incredible dosas in its basement canteen.

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

The final resting place of the great escape artist, where some still gather to wait for his escape from death.

One of the few remaining covered bridges in Lancaster County.