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

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

The flagship building of an early national restaurant chain is a superb example of terra cotta art.

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

This micro-industry of Latino cuisine along Red Hook's Ball Fields represents a victory in a food fight with the city.

Brooklyn's most iconic restaurant, resurrected.

Known as the "Forgotten City" it was home to industry, riots, artists, squatters, and to one of the largest single disaster fires in New York City.

A former seaside jewel built for the everyman is now simply a neglected art deco fortress.

One of the city’s oldest watering holes was originally the home of a famous James Brown (not that one).

Red frames showcase remnants of one of New York's original subway stations.

A remnant from the golden age of aviation still in use today, Pan Am's Clipper service took off from this Art Deco gem.

The famed amusement district marks the beginning of summer with a wild procession of nautical creatures.

A decommissioned military complex that's now a modern industrial park.

Possible relics of the ancient Roman city are hidden in this restaurant's façade.

Church in Manhattan holds the bloody sock of Padre Pio, among with many other unusual relics.

Have a steam and some blini at this cafe in a century-old bathhouse.

This subterranean oyster house has been the pearl of Grand Central Station since 1913.

Every year model trains zip through a miniature New York City that's now 150 landmarks strong.

A sculptural commentary on capitalism pokes up from the East River.

The iconic Manhattan corner that was once the site of the Beastie Boys' fake clothing store.

Salute the leader of the proletariat.

A little lighthouse in New York City, surrounded by mysterious stories of insanity-driven construction.

Touching mementoes from those who didn't make it back from World War I still hang in one of New York's oldest bars.

A former insane asylum despised by Nelly Bly and Charles Dickens is now fashionable apartments.