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

The longest continuous underwater road in North America was built at the insistence of Franklin Roosevelt.

The notorious headquarters of a corrupt political machine.

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

While it now takes more than a dime to open an account this historic Brooklyn bank still displays the opulence of the gilded age in which it was built.

This historic address is home to the beloved ball and is an almost totally empty building among the most expensive real estate in the world.

A well-worn marker in a forgotten alleyway is all that remains of what had been one of Manhattan's most beautiful buildings.

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.

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

This magnificent herd of stampeding elephants has been frozen in time for over a century.

One of the most dazzling dioramas at the American Museum of Natural History is also one of the oldest.

An eerie diorama that captures the majestic nature of a few prehistoric-looking beasts.

The only subway station in the city that still makes use of gap fillers.

A collection of playbills, photographs, and other memorabilia from the Brooklyn Academy of Music.

An aptly-named street near the birthplace of the modern LGBT rights movement.

Dine on dumplings at the oldest dim sum restaurant in New York.

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

This monument is dedicated to Balto, the heroic Alaskan sled dog.

A wooden rollercoaster that still delivers a thrill.

Guerilla gardeners reclaimed this abandoned railroad land literally putting down roots.

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

There's an exclusive Beefeaters pub hidden in the Tower of London.

Fake subway tiles were installed to cover a design that resembled the Confederate flag—it's unclear if the resemblance was intentional.

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