Constructed in the 1920s, this former pencil factory is now an office building.

Church featuring "high Victorian gothic" architecture.

Home to first responders to Greenpoint's devastating oil fires.

A modern addition to the Greenpoint skyline.

2 square block factory in Greenpoint erected in 1936.

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

Yo, Adrian!

A clone-tree in Washington Square Park sprung from seeds that went to the Moon and back.

This beloved marketplace mascot poops money and grants good luck.

This elaborate towering structure was once famed for its revolutionary height.

The last of Philadelphia's wood-paved streets is now a landmark of terrible engineering.

Museum celebrating the ocean, with the largest wunderkammer dedicated to sea exploration.

An abandoned beach resort in Normandy reclaimed by artists.

Rows of multicolored bathing huts paint the sand dunes with pops of color.

Townhouse facade doubles as an RMS Titanic Memorial.

“Wagon Jobber" turned smokehouse magnate's family-owned business is still going strong 100 years later.

In its day this historic fort held 100 cannons pointed in almost every direction to protect New York.

The world’s oldest and biggest bookstore stocking only mystery, crime fiction, espionage, and thrillers.

A Gothic-style abode built to accommodate the church's three resident peacocks.

A forgotten relic from New York's bygone trolley system hides in plain sight under a bridge.

Site of the first pathological and bacteriological research facility in the United States.

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

On this island, you suck away your garbage via an elaborate pneumatic tube system.

A Milanese café entirely designed by the American director Wes Anderson.