The seamy, underground secrets of Portland's criminal past.

The magic's in the hole!

A drawbridge named for a potentially intersex Polish national who fought alongside George Washington during the American Revolution, and an example of "Pulaski Red".

The oldest Dutch colonial stone house in New York City is a hidden gem on the border of Brooklyn and Queens.

A former seaside jewel built for the everyman is now simply a neglected art deco fortress.

The remnants of two World's Fairs are here, complete with a 12-story globe, a mini-Manhattan, and a UFO-shaped pavilion.

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

Take in a rare, face-to-face glimpse of Lady Liberty at this tucked away Red Hook park.

An unconventional space for art and science housed in a massive old warehouse.

A Red Hook dive bar that is holding onto its roots.

Micro-distillery in Brooklyn produces New York’s first homemade rum since Prohibition.

A Victorian cemetery in the heart of Brooklyn remains a popular mecca of morbid curiosity.

A museum devoted to bringing to light forgotten or neglected histories through exhibitions, education and public programming.

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

Abandoned 19th century homes once occupied by naval officers, soon to be demolished.

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.

The ballpark in "Pigtown" where the Brooklyn Dodgers made their name was replaced with a huge apartment complex.

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.

This simple Manhattan salt house is artfully shaped... well, like a giant granule of salt.

Magnificent New Deal Murals evoke a time when New York City harbor was one of the world's greatest and busiest ports.

Nope, not Washington Irving's house.

Manhattan's Thirteenth Avenue was made on landfill then deliberately destroyed — apart from one small, obscure block.

A Yiddish theater turned movie house turned rock and roll landmark turned gay disco turned bank.