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

2 square block factory in Greenpoint erected in 1936.

Once called Winthrop Park in 1889, home to a decidedly sexy tribute to the Monitor vs. Merrimac battle.

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

Guerilla gardeners reclaimed this abandoned railroad land literally putting down roots.

The best B-movies filmed on a shoestring budget were born here.

This mysterious marker puzzles pedestrians and infuriates geographers.

Self-sufficient greenhouse floating on the Hudson River.

A licentious look into Singapore's past, full of disorderly bric-a-brac and disreputable characters.

Colorful umbrella-covered trees in Singapore's Little India look straight out of Dr. Seuss.

A so-called Singapore junk store that is closer to a historical restoration center.

Singapore's last surviving traditional village is hidden among giant skyscrapers and modern infrastructure.

Arthur, Merlin, and Guinevere are among the largest and oldest satellite dishes on the planet.

Grab a cuppa at England's first and only domestic tea plantation.

An extraordinary library and archive dedicated to the history of the Arctic and Antarctic poles.

The graveyard with the highest IQ in Britain.

Numberless clock creates a meal of time for the dreaded, insectile Chronophage.

Small monoliths of several varieties of stone sit alongside a wooded path in the Bronx.

A former connection to City Island, it has been abandoned since the 1930s.

Staten Island's original central park is the former home of the city water supply as well as thousands of immigrant graves.

The graveyard holds the remains of Irish immigrants who arrived in Queens after fleeing the Great Famine.

Once considered the height of medical modernity, this structure is now the oldest remaining component of Roosevelt Hospital.

Everyone from Mark Twain to Teddy Roosevelt has a pipe hanging from the walls of this historic chophouse.

The last remnants of what was once one of the world's grandest hotels can now be found in a Manhattan subway station.