Two New York rooftops are home to the largest rooftop soil farms in the world.

Touching mementoes from those who didn't make it back from World War I still hang in one of New York's oldest bars.

Make a tough dinner decision: Octopus wasabi roulette or bull penis?

This former crime corner has been turned into an eclectic community center.

A reminder to choose water over wine since 1888.

Dodge prohibitionists and slide through the telephone booth in Crif Dogs.

This little museum is built on a theater that was once a wildly elaborate speakeasy.

One of the few remaining American elm trees in New York’s Tompkins Square Park was the birthplace of a new religion.

Four cars from the old system were once on display, but were removed in 2014.

Haven for steampunks.

A community farm in the midst of the Brooklyn concrete.

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

Lehigh Valley barge No. 79 still gets tugged along - but now it houses a museum and unusual performances.

This micro-industry of Latino cuisine along Red Hook's Ball Fields represents a victory in a food fight with the city.

Once a popular watering hole among longshoremen and shipyard workers, this neighborhood treasure spans more than 100 years of Red Hook history.

Hidden in plain sight on the Hudson River is an abandoned train station where nature has taken over.

Brooklyn vintners creating world-class wine in a city not known for its vineyards.

This simple Manhattan salt house is artfully shaped... well, like a giant granule of salt.

Neon signs that grace the windows of Bergdorf Goodman's and Tiffany & Co. come from this studio in Brooklyn.

Three-story slide through the New Museum.

Relics given to a Manhattan church to avoid seizure by the Italian government.

A room in New York City that contains 250 cubic yards of dirt worth a million dollars.

During the holidays, a vintage subway train whisks New Yorkers back in time.

Salute the leader of the proletariat.