This hidden oasis features a stunning view of the Hudson River and the Palisades from a castle-like museum.

Hordes of precariously balanced stone figures crowd the shores of the Hudson River.

A collaborative art project that transformed a neighborhood in NYC's Queens.

This outdoor gallery of sculptures along the East River was once a landfill.

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

Site of the first pathological and bacteriological research facility in the United States.

A modern addition to the Greenpoint skyline.

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

Enormous one time fiber mill now houses local artists and small businesses.

Once a dumping spot, now a park with a kayak launch.

Known as the "Forgotten City" it was home to industry, riots, artists, squatters, and to one of the largest single disaster fires in New York City.

The return of something once considered a basic part of life.

Once a ferry dock, radio transmitter, and now a new Greenpoint park.

Once a flowing stream and where the USS Monitor, the world's first ironclad, was built and launched.

“Wagon Jobber" turned smokehouse magnate's family-owned business is still going strong 100 years later.

Walk into the 19th century without leaving Brooklyn.

A celebration of capitalism in Midtown.

This ruined fort hidden at the top of Central Park can't seem to keep from losing its historical plaques.

This taxidermy scene brings the struggle for survival in the Indian jungle to a quiet corner of a Manhattan museum.

This mosaic dedicated to John Lennon was tended for years by a Beatles super-fan.

This whimsical group of statues is a favorite of children who love to climb all over Lewis Carroll's beloved characters.

A dilapidated dock tells the story of Titanic's missed arrival.

An aptly-named street near the birthplace of the modern LGBT rights movement.

The site of the deadly Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire.