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

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

The famed amusement district marks the beginning of summer with a wild procession of nautical creatures.

This enormous banquet-themed artwork honors over 1,000 notable women throughout history.

The most confusing clock in New York.

Rummage through this sunken ship, but leave your scuba gear at home.

This lavish room at NYC's French Embassy is a rare relic from the end of the Gilded Age.

America's oldest Eastern European synagogue provided the immigrants of crowded Lower East Side tenements a space of sanctuary.

A Victorian cemetery in the heart of Brooklyn remains a popular mecca of morbid curiosity.

An artist's cute bronze subway sculptures belie his violent artistic past.

This Wall Street bar was once a hub of revolutionary activity where Washington famously bid farewell to his troops.

“Invented in Key West, Perfected in Brooklyn."

Though its celestial ceiling is impressive, the true star is the vast collection of French books.

Great place to have a drink and a bite to eat in an atmosphere laden with New York's Bohemian past.

Tucked away amidst some of the most famous addresses in the world is New York's only fraction of a street.

Behind a bodega is a small museum of relics and ephemera showcasing the history of New York.

Tucked in a nondescript downtown Brooklyn mall is a bar containing a remarkable turn of the century anatomical wax collection last seen in 1920s Berlin.

The original toys that inspired the beloved children's stories are on display at the New York Public Library.

Sniff the Titan Arum's rotting flesh.

Secret refuge and museum of the Duke of Florence.

Over 50 exquisite hand-painted Renaissance maps decorate a Medici storage room.

One of the oldest producers of hand-folded fortune cookies still uses its original secret recipe.

This 700-year-old Cyprus castle is the birthplace of the world's oldest wine, said to be toasted by Richard the Lionheart at his wedding.

A 1970s resort city now stands abandoned, caught in the middle of a divided island.