What was once a true peninsula has now been filled in, causing the water to recede and leaving many streetside "waterfronts" and landlocked "islands."

Spinning silently in the lobby of an Art Deco masterwork is a massive vintage model of the Earth.

This peaceful Sikh gurudwara serves around 50,000 free meals every day within its gilded walls.

Once a dumping spot, now a park with a kayak launch.

The factory for the popular Dumbo location, the Greenpoint shop is a quiet gem.

A group dedicated to promoting boating, kayaking and environmental education programs.

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

Enormous one time fiber mill now houses local artists and small businesses.

2 square block factory in Greenpoint erected in 1936.

Phil Mortillaro uses keys to bring art back to the Village.

The former sign of this immortal music venue is just that--undying.

New York City's first Modernist house.

A Manhattan office building is home to the world’s largest chess board.

This unmarked and unloved Manhattan subway grate created one of the most iconic images in American cinema.

Read a book next to a Midtown waterfall.

Curious crustaceans support an obelisk from ancient Egypt that now stands in modern-day Central Park.

Though its celestial ceiling is impressive, the true star is the vast collection of French books.

New York's oldest and possibly grandest keeper of books.

This small New York museum examines Chinese history from its origins right up to its arrival in the city.

A good place to research the Freemasons, esoterica, occultism, and hermeticism.

Two community gardens under the elevated subway lines on a very busy commercial strip in Bushwick.

This Upper East Side apartment co-op was designed as a tuberculosis sanitarium.

A 19th-century politician who died after walking home in a blizzard is honored with this Manhattan statue.

A Pythagorean funhouse that tries, successfully, to prove that math is the coolest thing ever.