When he found his hometown was no more, Lowell Davis decided to recreate a "new" ghost town from scratch.

An illegally built ramshackle mansion tucked in the middle of Brooklyn is now being turned into condominiums.

A library and shop devoted to the body, mortality, and bringing to light forgotten or neglected histories

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

A community theatre in Brooklyn that brings Country to New York and New York to Country.

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

Oldest surviving example of a Dutch saltbox frame house in America.

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

This outdoor gallery of graffiti-covered walls pays homage to the past, present, and possible future of street art.

An oasis of calm amid the chaos of the boardwalk, the museum traces the heritage of this beloved beachside amusement park.

A modern zoetrope on the New York City subway.

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.