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

A Jewish deli run by Yemeni Muslims in an Afro-Caribbean neighborhood is quintessential Brooklyn.

An arcade packed with a rotating collection of unique independent video games.

Spike Lee's provocative film is officially honored right where it was made, the first time a work of art was used as a secondary street name.

The childhood home of one of America's greatest unsung troubadours still stands in a much changed Brooklyn neighborhood.

This 14th-century temple is also known as the "Temple of the Golden Pavilion" for its gorgeous gilded reliquary hall.

Enter the deli, walk until you hit the taxidermy, then order some hot, homey guisado.

A one-ton statue of Steve Rogers beautifies the entry to a Brooklyn Bed, Bath & Beyond.

This interactive gallery makes you feel like you've stepped into a fantasy world filled with whimsical monsters.

Volunteer-run library dedicated to exploring five decades of activism history.

Every dish is blessed in this basement eatery beneath a Hare Krishna temple.

This beautiful Brooklyn monument over a crypt memorializes a grim and largely unknown story from the American Revolution.

A cargo of beautiful music.

A prized globe signed by Amelia Earhart and Charles Lindbergh sits in the Brooklyn office of the American Geographical Society.

The Underground Railroad passed right through this historic Brooklyn Heights church.

This innocent-looking townhome is actually a subway exit.

For 20 years, local pumpkins have met their fate on the iron fence surrounding this Cobble Hill home.

Risk arrest while partying to fund art.

An enormous pair of straw sandals woven in the traditional way—to keep demons at bay.

There’s a secret bunker inside the Brooklyn Bridge, but the city won’t say where.

Brooklyn's most iconic restaurant, resurrected.

The gilded vestiges of a sterling department store can still be found in a Brooklyn shopping center.

Heralded as the world's first theater, these ruins are often overlooked as they reside in the shadows of the Acropolis.

What may be Boston's finest Art Deco building, located in the city's Financial District.