Amid the bustle and noise of the Financial District hides a secluded garden oasis above the city streets.

Collapsing castle on the Hudson river was once the storage site of military surplus business.

A living antique aviation museum in the historic town of Red Hook, New York.

This former theme park in New York's Adirondack Mountains fell into ruin before being resurrected as a state-run campground

Great place to have a drink and a bite to eat in an atmosphere laden with New York's Bohemian past.

A very classy 1920s-era bar right in Grand Central Station.

The "Seinfeld" diner.

A hands-on traveling collection of the innovative devices of yesteryear.

A New York garbage depot holds a secret collection of weird and wonderful refuse.

This lower Manhattan bar is set up in an old bank vault that rests beneath a skyscraper that hides even more historic splendor.

The oldest family-run luncheonette in New York, last renovated in 1948, still serves food and drinks the old-fashioned way.

Elevated freight railway turned wildly successful urban park.

Dodge prohibitionists and slide through the telephone booth in Crif Dogs.

This architectural onion has an original 1930's Jerry O'Mahony dining car at its core.

One of Chicago's last seafood smokehouses perfects a dying breed of fishcraft.

This Queens beer hall preserves a German culture and language that is all but lost.

A big shiny gin and whiskey distillery in Sunset Park.

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

Once a popular watering hole among longshoremen and shipyard workers, this neighborhood treasure spans more than 100 years of Red Hook history.

A decommissioned military complex that's now a modern industrial park.

Thriving meadows span a rooftop in one of Brooklyn's most heavily industrialized neighborhoods.

Walk into the 19th century without leaving Brooklyn.

“Invented in Key West, Perfected in Brooklyn."

Behind a bodega is a small museum of relics and ephemera showcasing the history of New York.