This impressive mansion in Vinegar Hill has some mysterious details in its architecture.

This neo-Gothic former auto showroom is one of the few remaining reminders of Brooklyn's "Automobile Row."

New York's southernmost subway station is whimsically wavy.

Outstanding taxidermy dioramas showcase the grandeur of the continent's wildlife with spooky realism.

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

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

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

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

A young woman's senseless murder led to the controversial psychological theory of the "bystander effect."

“Wagon Jobber" turned smokehouse magnate's family-owned business is still going strong 100 years later.

Spike Lee's provocative film is officially honored right where it was made, the first time a work of art was used as a secondary street name.

A strangely angled West Village home is the only monument to an explosion that took the lives of three American revolutionaries.

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

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

A prohibition era watering hole for the police.

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

This striking arch, one of the first architectural elements constructed in Prospect Park, was recently restored to its original glory.

Established in 1937, the oldest candy shop in New York City boasts a rainbow-colored inventory that would make Willy Wonka envious.

A museum collection honoring the long history of the FDNY is held in a disused Manhattan fire house.

You must take the A train... to the last active cemetery in Manhattan.

A self-made museum in Queens, New York continues to display the work of a sculptor known for paving his own way.

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

Brooklyn's most iconic restaurant, resurrected.

A massive forgotten storehouse from 1913 on the Brooklyn Waterfront has a spectacular view of Brooklyn.