The Underground Railroad passed right through this historic Brooklyn Heights church.

This 1830s store is believed to be the site of Harriet Tubman's first stand.

Volunteer-run library dedicated to exploring five decades of activism history.

“Invented in Key West, Perfected in Brooklyn."

The last slot car racing arcade in Brooklyn is keeping the dream of speedy little autos alive.

This collection of grinning ephemera has grown from basement to Brooklyn.

Final resting place of the immigrant who brought artificial seltzer water to America.

The humble fort that saved Washington.

This impressive mansion in Vinegar Hill has some mysterious details in its architecture.

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

A mass grave for victims of one of the city’s worst fires.

This micro-industry of Latino cuisine along Red Hook's Ball Fields represents a victory in a food fight with the city.

The only surviving sidewalk clock in Brooklyn.

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

A working monastery hidden away in Brooklyn once abutted the location of a former inebriate's home.

Spike Lee's provocative film is officially honored right where it was made, the first time a work of art was used as a secondary street name.

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

An arcade packed with a rotating collection of unique independent video games.

Con Edison’s exotic and heat-loving pests.

The home of aviation trailblazers, in a remote corner of the big city.

Constructed in the 1920s, this former pencil factory is now an office building.

A working metal shop and venue for outrageous art and music shows in a former cannonball factory.

Haven for steampunks.

This outdoor gallery of graffiti-covered walls pays homage to the past, present, and possible future of street art.