A posh members-only club with a literally dramatic history.

The one-time office of the architectural firm that ushered in the Gilded Age is now a Club Monaco.

This monument to a veteran of the Mexican-American War is one of only two in Manhattan that serve as an actual mausoleum.

The famous facade of Grand Central Terminal hides a regulation tennis court—and it's not the first one.

Rat sculptures try to infiltrate the Graybar Building in an architectural tribute to New York City's nautical history.

A popular European tradition makes its way to the states on one of America's most famous bridges.

Tucked in a nondescript downtown Brooklyn mall is a bar containing a remarkable turn of the century anatomical wax collection last seen in 1920s Berlin.

Thriving meadows span a rooftop in one of Brooklyn's most heavily industrialized neighborhoods.

Nondescript building owned by ExxonMobil working on siphoning Greenpoint Oil Spill out of the ground.

A 9-story, poured concrete structure which was used as a glue factory with an indelible smell.

A modern addition to the Greenpoint skyline.

A 120-year oil leak slowly unleashes more gallons of oil than the Exxon/Mobil disaster.

Once called Winthrop Park in 1889, home to a decidedly sexy tribute to the Monitor vs. Merrimac battle.

This nondescript coffee shop conceals one of the wildest patisseries in New York City.

Home to first responders to Greenpoint's devastating oil fires.

The only surviving sidewalk clock in Brooklyn.

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

A charming "tea atelier" hidden away in Greenpoint, Brooklyn.

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

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

Manhattan and the Bronx have been playing tug-of-war over this former island neighborhood for more than a century.

The longest step street in the city.

Built in the 1920s, this co-op in the Bronx feels more like an Italian villa than a typical New York apartment building.

A colonial family tomb that once doubled as New York City’s secret records vault.