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

This neo-Gothic former auto showroom is one of the few remaining reminders of Brooklyn's "Automobile Row."

A speakeasy takes on Chicago's drinking culture.

This whimsical Oz-themed park had a wonderful impact on the surrounding neighborhood.

The ballpark in "Pigtown" where the Brooklyn Dodgers made their name was replaced with a huge apartment complex.

Headquarters of the world's fourth largest Hasidic sect and the first of many "770s" around the world.

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

This unusual subway stop was originally a real estate office.

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

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

Long the exclusive domain of birds and vagabonds, this little-known Central Park peninsula is open to the public once more.

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

Sniff the Titan Arum's rotting flesh.

This castle-like building in Manhattan helped destigmatize cancer in the 19th century.

This exemplar of modernist architecture is meant to captivate and inspire students of the Cooper Union.

The most confusing clock in New York.

The site of the deadly Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire.

There must be a pun in this haystack somewhere...

Avoid gangster interaction while window-shopping.

Visit the monolithic tomb of America's most famous general.

Lie in a hammock where George Washington stood.

This sculpture by artist Fritz Keonig survived the 9/11 attacks and now stands as a monument to the victims.

This mosaic dedicated to John Lennon was tended for years by a Beatles super-fan.

During the holidays, a vintage subway train whisks New Yorkers back in time.