A one-ton statue of Steve Rogers beautifies the entry to a Brooklyn Bed, Bath & Beyond.

Every dish is blessed in this basement eatery beneath a Hare Krishna temple.

A sculptural commentary on capitalism pokes up from the East River.

This secluded ruin was once a home for exotic plants.

The most unloved grain elevator in Brooklyn was a “Magnificent Mistake.”

Little Red Lighthouse under the George Washington Bridge.

The first piece of public art dedicated to LGBT rights.

Imagine having a street run right through your home, or better yet, a historic bridge three stories high.

A once crucial portion of the Long Island railroad still lays abandoned, waiting to be turned into an urban park.

A little lighthouse in New York City, surrounded by mysterious stories of insanity-driven construction.

An odd, ancient window that may have once been part of a brutal prison is embedded in the side of New York's Police Plaza.

In its day this historic fort held 100 cannons pointed in almost every direction to protect New York.

A Manhattan Episcopal church with an eerie underground crypt.

A former insane asylum despised by Nelly Bly and Charles Dickens is now fashionable apartments.

Nature and beauty amidst pollution and industrial wreckage.

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

Hear the tales of New York's most notorious criminals.

Blighted Irish field and the ruins of a 19th-century cottage on the edge of urban Manhattan.

Historical figures from New York City's Catholic community reside in Midtown.

A clock set into the concrete outside a Manhattan jeweler has been telling time underfoot for over a century.

Deep under Manhattan is the largest construction project in city history. So far, the project has taken the lives of 23 workers, or "a man a mile."

Once America's longest-manned military fort, now an abandoned hulk.

The end of the 4 Line is also the end of the line for 300,000 souls in one of NYC's most illustrious cemeteries.

Detailed facade of a brownstone in Boerum Hill.