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

This striking arch, one of the first architectural elements constructed in Prospect Park, was recently restored to its original glory.

Enter the deli, walk until you hit the taxidermy, then order some hot, homey guisado.

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

This 19th century brick building in Brooklyn stands out like the anachronistic landmark that it is.

This block in downtown Brooklyn was a hotbed of antislavery activism along the Underground Railroad.

Dedicated to preserving the history of free Black communities in Brooklyn and beyond.

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

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

This seemingly unremarkable boulder is said to bear the hoofprint of the devil himself.

A Wisconsin kitsch palace from the 1930s lives its second life in 21st-century Brooklyn.

This enormous banquet-themed artwork honors over 1,000 notable women throughout history.

A B.Y.O.B. Mexican cantina lives inside one of the last tortilla factories in Brooklyn.

I fought the law and the precinct caved in.

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

The world's largest collection of materials relating to lesbian history is housed in a Brooklyn townhouse.

Nature and beauty amidst pollution and industrial wreckage.

Come for the pastrami, stay for the million-dollar art.

One of only two remaining Victorian-era greenhouses in New York.

A beautiful collection of architectural ornaments rescued from demolished New York City buildings.

A Jewish deli run by Yemeni Muslims in an Afro-Caribbean neighborhood is quintessential Brooklyn.

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

This otherwise innocuous bodega was once the headquarters of the most feared assassin's guild in American history.

This interactive gallery makes you feel like you've stepped into a fantasy world filled with whimsical monsters.