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

Take in a rare, face-to-face glimpse of Lady Liberty at this tucked away Red Hook park.

Two New York rooftops are home to the largest rooftop soil farms in the world.

This ruined fort hidden at the top of Central Park can't seem to keep from losing its historical plaques.

A small peaceful park and waterfall tucked amid the urban grind of Midtown Manhattan.

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

Just your average Marie Antoinette–themed speakeasy in an abandoned 19th-century subway tunnel.

2,000 barrels of aging beer hidden in a warehouse at the Brooklyn Navy Yard.

In its day this historic fort held 100 cannons pointed in almost every direction to protect New York.

New York's southernmost subway station is whimsically wavy.

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

This outdoor gallery of graffiti-covered walls pays homage to the past, present, and possible future of street art.

The rare American Civil War-era weapon was never fired in anger.

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

The highest rapid transit station in the world.

New York's oldest concrete structure is being preserved thanks to the gentrification of Whole Foods.

Also known as the Founding Church of Scientology.

A diminutive memorial marks the site of a successful assassination by a right-wing death squad in America's capital.

This lovely picnic spot featuring thunderous jet landings is an aircraft spotter’s dream.

The romance of early commercial flight still fills this Art Deco destination.

The remains of a historic plantation nestled in between a parking lot and the rental car return at Reagan National Airport.

A one-ton statue of Steve Rogers beautifies the entry to a Brooklyn Bed, Bath & Beyond.

This futuristic airport terminal was abandoned for decades before reopening as a hotel—with a vintage plane of its own parked out back.

Manhattan's lighthouse, erected at the insistence of the unsinkable Molly Brown.