Read between the lines of the subway map to find the hidden abandoned Civil War fort.

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

A group dedicated to promoting boating, kayaking and environmental education programs.

A modern addition to the Greenpoint skyline.

The factory for the popular Dumbo location, the Greenpoint shop is a quiet gem.

A 120-year oil leak slowly unleashes more gallons of oil than the Exxon/Mobil disaster.

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

Three stories above you, your salad is being grown.

Once called Winthrop Park in 1889, home to a decidedly sexy tribute to the Monitor vs. Merrimac battle.

Church featuring "high Victorian gothic" architecture.

Built as a home for the Union Porcelain magnate in 1867, now the Greenpoint Reformed Church and home to a ceramic mystery.

A charming "tea atelier" hidden away in Greenpoint, Brooklyn.

Constructed in the 1920s, this former pencil factory is now an office building.

Walk into the 19th century without leaving Brooklyn.

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

As telephones become more essential and less stylish one historic Brooklyn building remembers the days when they were a grand celebration of communication.

A huge resale shop for the cast-offs of the film & television industry.

Sniff the Titan Arum's rotting flesh.

This sandstone mansion was the home of two of Oregon's most important pioneers.

10,000 flowered plants bloom in the City of Roses.

This stoic, if derpy, giant stands as a monument to Oregon's statehood and the novelty culture of yesteryear.

The collection of signage remembers the midcentury pushback against the new neon light.

The colorful, smiling concrete silos of Vancouver.

A working steam clock, one of only a few in the world, located in Vancouver's Victorian Gastown.