A collection of fanzines, recordings, and documents detailing the rise and influence of the feminist punk movement.

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

Hidden in one of New York's oldest subway stations is the final remnant of the site of the bizarre Shakespeare Riots.

This 220-year-old house is a reminder of New York City's Dutch past.

Volunteer-run library dedicated to exploring five decades of activism history.

Come for the sustainable organic chocolate, stay for the sustainable organic booze.

Red Hook's massive public pool, built by Robert Moses.

Behind a bodega is a small museum of relics and ephemera showcasing the history of New York.

The former sign of this immortal music venue is just that--undying.

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

Make a tough dinner decision: Octopus wasabi roulette or bull penis?

The one-stop shop for all of your superhero (or evil arch-nemesis) needs.

This collection of grinning ephemera has grown from basement to Brooklyn.

Touching mementoes from those who didn't make it back from World War I still hang in one of New York's oldest bars.

This narrow shop in the East Village hosts a matchmaking service for the new millennium.

This exemplar of modernist architecture is meant to captivate and inspire students of the Cooper Union.

New York City's only preserved family home from the 19th century.

Three-story slide through the New Museum.

A museum collection honoring the long history of the FDNY is held in a disused Manhattan fire house.

Tucked in the back of this amazing antique store is an important piece of medical history.

A terrific purveyor of natural history objects and curios.

School named after its beloved principal, killed in the cross-fire of a drug related shooting.

The mass grave of a heroic Revolutionary War regiment sits below an empty lot near the Gowanus Canal.

This little museum is built on a theater that was once a wildly elaborate speakeasy.