Abandoned power station once home to a squatter community, now being developed into an arts center.

New York's oldest concrete structure is being preserved thanks to the gentrification of Whole Foods.

The mass grave of a heroic Revolutionary War regiment sits below an empty lot near the Gowanus Canal.

A hidden architectural treasure in New York's Brooklyn.

The one-stop shop for all of your superhero (or evil arch-nemesis) needs.

19th century cemetery hidden in Brooklyn's Prospect Park.

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

A tree that grows parallel to the ground was declared Brooklyn's "crowning curio" by the poet who saved it.

Sniff the Titan Arum's rotting flesh.

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

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

A clone-tree in Washington Square Park sprung from seeds that went to the Moon and back.

The "lovely red Vega" of the legendary record-settling pilot.

The house where John Wilkes Booth conspired with his co-conspirators.

Home to the largest urban bat colony in North America, estimated at 1.5 million bats.

An ever-evolving wall of graffiti art off East Liberty Street.

The twin towers in this Chicago fountain use 50 foot tall video screens to spit on people.

Pick up all of the cosmic knick-knacks under the sun or take a creative writing course, all offered in this novelty storefront.

Whitewashed mosque contains the world's largest carpet.

Secret North Korean passage discovered below the world's most dangerous border.

Peace Park and the Atomic Bomb Dome.

A plaque marks the site directly below the mid-air detonation of the atomic bomb over Hiroshima.

This little replica of Lady Liberty provides a bit of NYC in a Japanese city.

The original "capsule building" is a masterpiece of Metabolist architecture.