A reminder to choose water over wine since 1888.

One of the largest festivals of flowers in North America takes place, appropriately, in the Flower City.

This city park was once a lookout point for George Washington’s army during the Battle of Brooklyn in 1776.

The abandoned ruins of America's first private zoo are open for exploration in the Catskills.

Dedicated to preserving the history of free Black communities in Brooklyn and beyond.

An abandoned dollhouse factory.

An unconventional space for art and science housed in a massive old warehouse.

Nature and beauty amidst pollution and industrial wreckage.

A gigantic 10-foot tall stone man.

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

Red frames showcase remnants of one of New York's original subway stations.

A former poultry store that looks like a giant duck and is one of the "seven wonders" of Long Island.

A Victorian cemetery in the heart of Brooklyn remains a popular mecca of morbid curiosity.

Beautiful mosaics cover the first stations opened on New York City's newest subway line.

Astonishing collection of helmets, scientific instruments, and medical models.

What happens here stays here – unless it affects the whole world.

This Fifth Avenue church has long been the favored worshiping place of Broadway actors and vaudeville performers.

One of the few remaining American elm trees in New York’s Tompkins Square Park was the birthplace of a new religion.

A prohibition era watering hole for the police.

Walk into the 19th century without leaving Brooklyn.

The most confusing clock in New York.

An abandoned 19th century quarry in the middle of the woods, remade by unnamed wanderers into a massive series of rock thrones.

One kilometer of thick brass rod laid out before your eyes.

Discovered by cows, these upstate New York show caves are presented with a healthy dose of psychedelic folk art.