The fanciest public restroom in New York City boasts fresh flowers, art, and a classical music soundtrack.

Lie in a hammock where George Washington stood.

Once the tallest building in the world and the site of “the highest dinner ever held in New York” this building now holds the most expensive penthouse in the city.

This cemetery has graves dating back to the 17th century, including the city's oldest carved tombstone and an ominous cryptogram.

Elevated freight railway turned wildly successful urban park.

A treasure trove of artifacts, books, and artwork from the "golden age" of exploration.

An abandoned asylum incorporated into a college campus.

The inventor of a number of hybrid corn species is immortalized with a field of giant corn.

An unassuming 13-acre park is home to over 12,000 roses.

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.

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

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

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

The home of aviation trailblazers, in a remote corner of the big city.

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

Nature and beauty amidst pollution and industrial wreckage.

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

19th century cemetery hidden in Brooklyn's Prospect Park.

Walk into the 19th century without leaving Brooklyn.

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

Sniff the Titan Arum's rotting flesh.

First a horse rendering plant, then a 19th century landfill, this beach is full of glass from thousands upon thousands of broken bottles.

This ritzy Italian market is built around a statue of an unforgiven heretic who was burned for his belief in an endless universe.