The only remaining Jewish congregation in Greenpoint.

The ballpark in "Pigtown" where the Brooklyn Dodgers made their name was replaced with a huge apartment complex.

Red Hook's massive public pool, built by Robert Moses.

If you were standing here on October 5th, 1950, you'd be dead.

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

The return of something once considered a basic part of life.

Once a flowing stream and where the USS Monitor, the world's first ironclad, was built and launched.

A strip of modern stores in historic buildings.

The only surviving sidewalk clock in Brooklyn.

A simple plaque remembers a California island massacre that claimed more than 100 lives.

California's own majestic geyser is powered by a subterranean volcano.

27-room home built with the fortune of a sugar magnate.

A pier that used to act as a busy ferry dock is now a decaying favorite of local fisherman and urban artists.

A living time capsule of the 1960s Richardson Bay water-front.

An enormous artwork that colorfully celebrates over 150 years of US military achievements.

Standing in for the first ship to navigate the Northwest Passage.

Noble beasts perhaps, but not the Emperor's dogs.

Home of modern dancer famously strangled by her own scarf.

This print shop boasts one of the largest pinball arcades in San Francisco.

One of the world's tallest Ferris wheels takes visitors high above Las Vegas in a spinning party room.

Masterful ceramic fountain and map of the Pacific Basin.

This shop and studio is dedicated to the art of the book, from letterpress to bookbinding.

The grand, column-fronted, sculpture-adorned home of the ambitious digital library.

The first AIDS memorial chapel in San Francisco and one of only a few in the U.S.