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

Brooklyn's Barkaloo Cemetery is the resting place of a scant two bodies.

Historic Greenpoint theater, turned roller disco, now housing a chain pharmacy store.

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

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

Nature and beauty amidst pollution and industrial wreckage.

Feral cats keeping the rodent population at bay all across Greenpoint waterfront.

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

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

Records of the dead describe the myriad odd ways people used to die.

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

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

A modern zoetrope on the New York City subway.

A curious friendship between two inanimate ladies.

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

A charming "tea atelier" hidden away in Greenpoint, Brooklyn.

You can still ride this 100-year-old work of art in Brooklyn's largest public park.

An oasis of calm amid the chaos of the boardwalk, the museum traces the heritage of this beloved beachside amusement park.

This innocent-looking townhome is actually a subway exit.

The factory for the popular Dumbo location, the Greenpoint shop is a quiet gem.

Tucked in a nondescript downtown Brooklyn mall is a bar containing a remarkable turn of the century anatomical wax collection last seen in 1920s Berlin.

Sniff the Titan Arum's rotting flesh.

Ride the subways of yesteryear.

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