The wooden airship was the largest flying boat ever built.

2 square block factory in Greenpoint erected in 1936.

This poignant display is now a memorial to these regionally extinct species.

Creating this diorama spurred naturalist Carl Akeley to begin advocating to protect the apes.

Neoclassical bank designed by NY architects Helmle & Huberty.

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

The only remaining Jewish congregation in Greenpoint.

The ballpark in "Pigtown" where the Brooklyn Dodgers made their name was replaced with a huge apartment complex.

This magnificent herd of stampeding elephants has been frozen in time for over a century.

Alexander Milliner, a favorite of General Washington, is interred at Mt. Hope Cemetery along with 80 other Revolutionary War veterans.

Currently housing a corporate bank branch this building at the southern tip of Manhattan was once the gateway to luxury vacationing.

A bronze ballot box stands at the spot where Susan B. Anthony voted illegally.

The little-known final resting place of one of America's greatest writers.

This forlorn park is the result of a failed investment turned tax dodge.

Rochester's signature culinary delicacy.

"Call for the doctor, call for the nurse... Vote!! said the lady with the alligator purse."

The gravestone of the suffragist leader attracted extra visitors during the 2016 election.

If you were standing here on October 5th, 1950, you'd be dead.

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

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

New York's southernmost subway station is whimsically wavy.

Outstanding taxidermy dioramas showcase the grandeur of the continent's wildlife with spooky realism.

HBO series' stage tucked away in a Greenpoint lot is the largest theatrical set of its kind in the United States.

A dark patch of the ceiling at Grand Central Terminal which was not restored is still stained brown by tobacco.