The engineering feat of the Panama Canal was possible in small part thanks to materials developed in this humble Red Hook foundry.

The humble fort that saved Washington.

A strip of modern stores in historic buildings.

Four cars from the old system were once on display, but were removed in 2014.

Lehigh Valley barge No. 79 still gets tugged along - but now it houses a museum and unusual performances.

Brooklyn vintners creating world-class wine in a city not known for its vineyards.

“Invented in Key West, Perfected in Brooklyn."

This plot of old-growth forest is the largest surviving remnant of New York City's original woodland.

These craggy limestone outcrops offer a glimpse at a unique piece of Florida geology.

Former bath house turns gastropub.

The longest continuous underwater road in North America was built at the insistence of Franklin Roosevelt.

A retired oil tanker now offering amazing views of New York City.

This poignant display is now a memorial to these regionally extinct species.

Outstanding taxidermy dioramas showcase the grandeur of the continent's wildlife with spooky realism.

Creating this diorama spurred naturalist Carl Akeley to begin advocating to protect the apes.

This morbid scene depicts the Darwinian drama of death on the African savannah.

This impressive scene portrays the elusive forest giraffe of Central Africa.

One of the most dazzling dioramas at the American Museum of Natural History is also one of the oldest.

A controversial magical figure is hidden within a diorama of the city.

An eerie diorama that captures the majestic nature of a few prehistoric-looking beasts.

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

This magnificent herd of stampeding elephants has been frozen in time for over a century.

Here be dragons.

Recovered suit of a cannibalistic West African gang.