A modern addition to the Greenpoint skyline.

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

Two monstrous warehouses. One now holds priceless works of art, the other stands abandoned and dilapidated.

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

This simple Manhattan salt house is artfully shaped... well, like a giant granule of salt.

Where infamous mobster and leader of Murder Inc. Albert Anastasia made his home.

This humble historic facade hides a history of boozing and the gentlemanly sport of rat-fighting.

Three stories above you, your salad is being grown.

Manhattan's Thirteenth Avenue was made on landfill then deliberately destroyed — apart from one small, obscure block.

Constructed in the 1920s, this former pencil factory is now an office building.

Known as the "Forgotten City" it was home to industry, riots, artists, squatters, and to one of the largest single disaster fires in New York City.

Hidden behind a gate in Greenwich Village is a little farmhouse that once served as the writing studio of a bestselling author.

This study room in the New York Public Library saw the creation of one of contemporary America's greatest traitors.

A forgotten relic from New York's bygone trolley system hides in plain sight under a bridge.

An unconventional space for art and science housed in a massive old warehouse.

Failed state-supported institution meant to rehabilitate students with intellectual disabilities.

This New York holdover was built to provide housing for shopgirls and still does not allow men above the lobby.

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

Captain America, Sub-Mariner, and the Human Torch were all born in this art deco Manhattan masterpiece.

Cheap pizza and all of your naughty bedroom needs housed in a stunning example of Art Nouveau architecture.

Serving Central Asian breads that range from cracker-crisp to warm and fluffy, this bakery brings Bukhara to Queens.

Imagine having a street run right through your home, or better yet, a historic bridge three stories high.

A town trapped in time - 1958 to be exact.

Take in a rare, face-to-face glimpse of Lady Liberty at this tucked away Red Hook park.