Taxonomy experiment known for quirky collections.

The inspiration for H.P. Lovecraft's horror stories and Batman's Arkham Asylum is now a condominium complex.

Abandoned 19th century homes once occupied by naval officers, soon to be demolished.

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

Walk into the 19th century without leaving Brooklyn.

Sniff the Titan Arum's rotting flesh.

A hidden architectural treasure in New York's Brooklyn.

Micro-distillery in Brooklyn produces New York’s first homemade rum since Prohibition.

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

One of the largest public housing complexes in New York once visited by Eleanor Roosevelt.

Two monstrous warehouses. One now holds priceless works of art, the other stands abandoned and dilapidated.

A community theatre in Brooklyn that brings Country to New York and New York to Country.

A cruise terminal that changes the atmosphere of Red Hook's industrial waterfront.

A Red Hook dive bar that is holding onto its roots.

An unconventional space for art and science housed in a massive old warehouse.

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

Come for the sustainable organic chocolate, stay for the sustainable organic booze.

The factory that helped produce a dominant form of lighting before Thomas Edison.

The humble fort that saved Washington.

A strip of modern stores in historic buildings.

Lehigh Valley barge No. 79 still gets tugged along - but now it houses a museum and unusual performances.

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

Scary metal statues adorn some of the signature buildings of Burlington, Vermont.

One of only two remaining Victorian-era greenhouses in New York.