This Ukraine alleyway has become its own little island of forgotten things.

This micro-nation may be some sort of prank, but its constitution sure seems official.

Risk arrest while partying to fund art.

This unusual apartment building may be Brooklyn's own version of the Leaning Tower of Pisa.

The unassuming structure was part of a Major League Baseball stadium.

New York's oldest concrete structure is being preserved thanks to the gentrification of Whole Foods.

Volunteer-run library dedicated to exploring five decades of activism history.

The mass grave of a heroic Revolutionary War regiment sits below an empty lot near the Gowanus Canal.

The highest rapid transit station in the world.

A working metal shop and venue for outrageous art and music shows in a former cannonball factory.

Red Hook's massive public pool, built by Robert Moses.

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

A community farm in the midst of the Brooklyn concrete.

The most unloved grain elevator in Brooklyn was a “Magnificent Mistake.”

Compensation for the destruction of a historic shipyard.

Once home to the country's most gargantuan ships, this graving dock now waits for people to buy furniture.

Micro-distillery in Brooklyn produces New York’s first homemade rum since Prohibition.

The factory that helped produce a dominant form of lighting before Thomas Edison.

A strip of modern stores in historic buildings.

The humble fort that saved Washington.

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

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.

“Invented in Key West, Perfected in Brooklyn."