This tiny store is your one-stop shop for all sorts of rare and wonderful buttons.

Once a popular watering hole among longshoremen and shipyard workers, this neighborhood treasure spans more than 100 years of Red Hook history.

Every year model trains zip through a miniature New York City that's now 150 landmarks strong.

A trove of century-old litho stones from the Puck Building's printing days were discovered behind a cellar wall, and are now hanging in the store.

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

A working metal shop and venue for outrageous art and music shows in a former cannonball factory.

The last remnants of what was once one of the world's grandest hotels can now be found in a Manhattan subway station.

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

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

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

A dark patch of the ceiling at Grand Central Terminal which was not restored is still stained brown by tobacco.

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

A curious friendship between two inanimate ladies.

A notorious punk house turned co-op.

The most confusing clock in New York.

The notorious headquarters of a corrupt political machine.

A Manhattan office building is home to the world’s largest chess board.

Little Red Lighthouse under the George Washington Bridge.

Walk into the 19th century without leaving Brooklyn.

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

Visit the site of a subway powered by nothing more than air--and lots of it.

The site of the deadly Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire.

Rummage through this sunken ship, but leave your scuba gear at home.

The fanciest public restroom in New York City boasts fresh flowers, art, and a classical music soundtrack.