Look closely and you’ll notice that the color changes a third of the way up the tower.

A drawbridge named for a potentially intersex Polish national who fought alongside George Washington during the American Revolution, and an example of "Pulaski Red".

Historic Greenpoint theater, turned roller disco, now housing a chain pharmacy store.

The only surviving sidewalk clock in Brooklyn.

Church featuring "high Victorian gothic" architecture.

A Bed-Stuy gymnasium that hosts expansive raves, performances, dance parties, and more.

Home to first responders to Greenpoint's devastating oil fires.

Two large-scale sculptures of Adam and Eve greet visitors in the nude at the Time Warner Center in NYC.

Neoclassical bank designed by NY architects Helmle & Huberty.

An experimental, community court opened in 2000 takes a new approach to youth offenders in south Brooklyn.

Once a ferry dock, radio transmitter, and now a new Greenpoint park.

The longest continuous underwater road in North America was built at the insistence of Franklin Roosevelt.

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

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

While it now takes more than a dime to open an account this historic Brooklyn bank still displays the opulence of the gilded age in which it was built.

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

This historic New Orleans cemetery is the final resting place of members of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows.

The tallest monument in a historic New Orleans cemetery was prompted by romance and dash of pettiness.

This distinctive Crescent City tradition dates back to the days of horse-drawn carriages.

An abandoned warehouse turned art sanctuary in New Orleans.

"If she'd leave us alone, we would have a happy home, sent from down below."

After the parade, students throw their beads on the tree hoping for good luck on exams.

A small park on Bourbon Street features life-size bronze statues of New Orleans musicians.

Formerly known as National D-Day Museum, this collection commemorates the battles of Normandy and WWII.