Manhattan’s Battery Park has a whimsical carousel full of spinning, glowing fish.

An Aztec temple, the largest man-made pyramid in the world, sits buried in earth with a Spanish church set on top.

A collection of oddities including Dr. Kevorkian's suicide device, the Thanatron.

Michael Jackson got Bad and Crocodile Dundee walked on heads in this iconic Brooklyn subway station.

An oasis of calm amid the chaos of the boardwalk, the museum traces the heritage of this beloved beachside amusement park.

This city park was once a lookout point for George Washington’s army during the Battle of Brooklyn in 1776.

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

You can still ride this 100-year-old work of art in Brooklyn's largest public park.

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

A modern zoetrope on the New York City subway.

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

A way to take your secrets to someone else's grave.

One of the dwarven trees dates back to 1625 and survived the Hiroshima bombing.

The site of the climactic scene from the classic horror film is now a historic landmark.

This otherworldly church spire reaches up toward the heavens.

These 20-foot jaw bones honor a time when the leviathan bones were a sign that whalers survived the hunt.

The gloomy ruins that inspired Bram Stoker to bring Dracula to life.

The view that inspired the scenes of Dracula's first landing in England.

This historic club for wayward boys has shaped some of the biggest names in music almost as much as they have shaped it.

An odd, ancient window that may have once been part of a brutal prison is embedded in the side of New York's Police Plaza.

Oldest existing church in New York and the inspiration for Washington Irving's "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow."

Brooklyn's most iconic restaurant, resurrected.

Sniff the Titan Arum's rotting flesh.

This metal eagle one of the final remnants of a newspaper that wanted to keep Brooklyn to Brooklyn.