A WWI fighter plane and turn-of-the-century penny candy shop are among the unexpected features of this Financial District building.

A well-worn marker in a forgotten alleyway is all that remains of what had been one of Manhattan's most beautiful buildings.

The former hotel where Tesla invented the radio.

Stunningly detailed mosaics in a New York subway station bring life to the Weimaraners of artist William Wegman's work—and to thousands of commutes.

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

Walk into the 19th century without leaving Brooklyn.

Retribution for death of infamous mob boss Franie Yale was a case of mistaken identity.

The highest natural point in New York City and all of the Atlantic coastal plain.

This empty Victorian manse on Staten Island is said to be haunted but is actually a real life crime scene.

A town trapped in time - 1958 to be exact.

A cargo of beautiful music.

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

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

This block in downtown Brooklyn was a hotbed of antislavery activism along the Underground Railroad.

A beautiful collection of architectural ornaments rescued from demolished New York City buildings.

This city park was once a lookout point for George Washington’s army during the Battle of Brooklyn in 1776.

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

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

For 20 years, local pumpkins have met their fate on the iron fence surrounding this Cobble Hill home.

In the middle of downtown Brooklyn lies a 165 year old secret hidden right below the surface (closed to the public indefinitely).

As telephones become more essential and less stylish one historic Brooklyn building remembers the days when they were a grand celebration of communication.

Detailed facade of a brownstone in Boerum Hill.

Sniff the Titan Arum's rotting flesh.

Tucked in a nondescript downtown Brooklyn mall is a bar containing a remarkable turn of the century anatomical wax collection last seen in 1920s Berlin.