This block in downtown Brooklyn was a hotbed of antislavery activism along the Underground Railroad.

As telephones become more essential and less stylish one historic Brooklyn building remembers the days when they were a grand celebration of communication.

Michael Jackson got Bad and Crocodile Dundee walked on heads in this iconic Brooklyn subway station.

The gilded vestiges of a sterling department store can still be found in a Brooklyn shopping center.

Retribution for death of infamous mob boss Franie Yale was a case of mistaken identity.

The site where Joe Gallo kept his guns, pet lion, and launched an all out mob war in 1960s Brooklyn.

For 20 years, local pumpkins have met their fate on the iron fence surrounding this Cobble Hill home.

Brooklyn's most iconic restaurant, resurrected.

Before online banking and smartphone apps, there was "commuter banking" in the subway in Downtown Brooklyn.

A prized globe signed by Amelia Earhart and Charles Lindbergh sits in the Brooklyn office of the American Geographical Society.

Discover the taste of mold.

Serving Central Asian breads that range from cracker-crisp to warm and fluffy, this bakery brings Bukhara to Queens.

Once a month, an Indonesian feast appears inside an Elmhurst church hall.

Shop while you wait for a table in this tiny Indonesian eatery within a mini-mart.

One of the last taxidermists in New York City.

The oldest pastificio in Queens offers visitors fresh noodles and a peek inside the macaroni-making magic.

Failed state-supported institution meant to rehabilitate students with intellectual disabilities.

The haunting, dilapidated remains of a former poorhouse on Staten Island's Greenbelt.

The final resting place of the great escape artist, where some still gather to wait for his escape from death.

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

The graveyard holds the remains of Irish immigrants who arrived in Queens after fleeing the Great Famine.

Some of New York's best tacos can be found in the back of an unassuming bodega in Queens.

The best B-movies filmed on a shoestring budget were born here.

A New York warehouse filled with an enormous amount of goods saved from the landfills and donated for creative use.