What was once a vast naval cemetery is now home to nesting birds and pollinating bees.

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

Sniff the Titan Arum's rotting flesh.

A tree that grows parallel to the ground was declared Brooklyn's "crowning curio" by the poet who saved it.

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

This seemingly unremarkable boulder is said to bear the hoofprint of the devil himself.

I fought the law and the precinct caved in.

This beautiful Brooklyn monument over a crypt memorializes a grim and largely unknown story from the American Revolution.

You can still ride this 100-year-old work of art in Brooklyn's largest public park.

This elaborate tunnel is the first structure composed of cast concrete in the United States.

A band of aerialists and circus performers putting on incredible shows in East Williamsburg.

A massive art collective tries a new take on Brooklyn's DIY music scene—by making it fully legal.

A burial ground of rusting metal grave markers.

An uber-secure, windowless tower of doom in the center of Manhattan is an NSA spyscraper.

During the holidays, a vintage subway train whisks New Yorkers back in time.

A series of fish plaques that are embedded in the malls of Ocean Parkway.

The return of something once considered a basic part of life.

A 120-year oil leak slowly unleashes more gallons of oil than the Exxon/Mobil disaster.

The rare American Civil War-era weapon was never fired in anger.

The highest rapid transit station in the world.

Before online banking and smartphone apps, there was "commuter banking" in the subway in Downtown Brooklyn.

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

New York's southernmost subway station is whimsically wavy.

On the hills of Bay Ridge stands a house straight out of a fairy tale.