The actual model from the original "Star Trek" series is now on display at the National Air and Space Museum.

Richly symbolic public artworks that have been reconfigured for the 21st century.

The secret behind these nostalgic light fixtures: They're not as old as they may seem.

Perhaps the most storied New York City eatery, Delmonico’s reshaped American restaurants.

A wooden rollercoaster that still delivers a thrill.

The painter who popularized "bulls" and "bears" as symbols for the stock market didn't get a proper headstone for over a century.

The highest natural point in New York City and all of the Atlantic coastal plain.

A drawbridge named for a potentially intersex Polish national who fought alongside George Washington during the American Revolution, and an example of "Pulaski Red".

Now owned by the National Park Service, this location was once home to illegal boxing matches.

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

This suburban enclave is home to a very unique art exhibit.

Nearly four centuries after its founding, remnants of one of the oldest planned communities in North America are still visible in southern Brooklyn.

A mass grave for victims of one of the city’s worst fires.

The inventor of the Coney Island hot dog rests in a grand mausoleum in Brooklyn.

One of the deadliest American air disasters is nearly forgotten in Brooklyn.

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

This abandoned artificial island off the coast of New York City is now home to dozens of harbor seals.

This outdoor gallery of sculptures along the East River was once a landfill.

Michael Jackson got Bad and Crocodile Dundee walked on heads in this iconic Brooklyn subway station.

A mysterious statue of a leather jacket-clad rebel leans coolly on an odd yellow clock.

This preserved wilderness hides the remains of a colonial grain mill used to feed George Washington's troops.

Brooklyn vintners creating world-class wine in a city not known for its vineyards.

Love is in the air along the small street in Brooklyn.

Final resting place of the immigrant who brought artificial seltzer water to America.