Buenos Aires, Argentina
Cementerio de la Recoleta
Buenos Aires' city of the dead contains some very famous remains, including Eva Perón.
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Buenos Aires, Argentina
Buenos Aires' city of the dead contains some very famous remains, including Eva Perón.
Halifax, Nova Scotia
This historic cemetery stopped accepting bodies before many Canadian cities were founded.
Halifax, Nova Scotia
The profile of one ill-fated deacon was emblazoned forever on this church window during the Halifax explosion.
New York, New York
Two large-scale sculptures of Adam and Eve greet visitors in the nude at the Time Warner Center in NYC.
Brooklyn, New York
Neoclassical bank designed by NY architects Helmle & Huberty.
Brooklyn, New York
Once a ferry dock, radio transmitter, and now a new Greenpoint park.
Brooklyn, New York
New York's southernmost subway station is whimsically wavy.
Brooklyn, New York
The return of something once considered a basic part of life.
Brooklyn, New York
A modern addition to the Greenpoint skyline.
Queens, New York
A drawbridge named for a potentially intersex Polish national who fought alongside George Washington during the American Revolution, and an example of "Pulaski Red".
Brooklyn, New York
The longest continuous underwater road in North America was built at the insistence of Franklin Roosevelt.
Brooklyn, New York
Built as a home for the Union Porcelain magnate in 1867, now the Greenpoint Reformed Church and home to a ceramic mystery.
Brooklyn, New York
Church featuring "high Victorian gothic" architecture.
Brooklyn, New York
Michael Jackson got Bad and Crocodile Dundee walked on heads in this iconic Brooklyn subway station.
Queens, New York
A young woman's senseless murder led to the controversial psychological theory of the "bystander effect."
Brooklyn, New York
An arcade packed with a rotating collection of unique independent video games.
New York, New York
The first piece of public art dedicated to LGBT rights.
Queens, New York
A remnant from the golden age of aviation still in use today, Pan Am's Clipper service took off from this Art Deco gem.
Queens, New York
A uniquely lettered street sign marks the corner where the iconic word game was invented.
Queens, New York
A self-made museum in Queens, New York continues to display the work of a sculptor known for paving his own way.
New York, New York
The origins of midtown Manhattan's anachronistic wooden farmhouse remain a mystery.
New York, New York
Cheap pizza and all of your naughty bedroom needs housed in a stunning example of Art Nouveau architecture.
New York, New York
This historic building housed the surviving crew members of the Titanic, who were left destitute after the wreck.
Queens, New York
Holding the most bodies of any cemetery in the United States.