This secluded ruin was once a home for exotic plants.

Sniff the Titan Arum's rotting flesh.

This enormous banquet-themed artwork honors over 1,000 notable women throughout history.

This metal eagle one of the final remnants of a newspaper that wanted to keep Brooklyn to Brooklyn.

Empty, but not abandoned, this cavernous Brooklyn loading dock was once considered the largest individual building in the world.

One of the most enjoyable bits of history at Coney Island and “the most romantic ride in the world.”

The famed amusement district marks the beginning of summer with a wild procession of nautical creatures.

This abandoned seaside fortress is now simply an imposing ruin being taken back by nature.

First a horse rendering plant, then a 19th century landfill, this beach is full of glass from thousands upon thousands of broken bottles.

The home of aviation trailblazers, in a remote corner of the big city.

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

This beautiful Brooklyn monument over a crypt memorializes a grim and largely unknown story from the American Revolution.

A modern zoetrope on the New York City subway.

While it now takes more than a dime to open an account this historic Brooklyn bank still displays the opulence of the gilded age in which it was built.

Ride the subways of yesteryear.

This innocent-looking townhome is actually a subway exit.

A decommissioned military complex that's now a modern industrial park.

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

Leaf through over 30,000 artists' sketchbooks in what may be the world's largest collection of doodles

Here, exhibits come with a side of edible history.

Neoclassical bank designed by NY architects Helmle & Huberty.

Historic Greenpoint theater turned roller disco, then chain pharmacy, and now Sweetgreen.

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

Constructed in the 1920s, this former pencil factory is now an office building.