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The hoofprint on Martense Lane Rock.

Brooklyn, New York

Martense Lane Rock

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

Campderdown Elm

Brooklyn, New York

Camperdown Elm

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

Triangle shirtwaist fire

Brooklyn, New York

The Evergreens Cemetery

Final resting place for the Triangle Shirtwaist fire’s unidentified victims.

Original elevators

Brooklyn, New York

The Remains of Abraham & Straus Department Store

The gilded vestiges of a sterling department store can still be found in a Brooklyn shopping center.

Do the Right Thing Way

Brooklyn, New York

Do the Right Thing Way

Spike Lee's provocative film is officially honored right where it was made, the first time a work of art was used as a secondary street name.

Jumping Jack Power Plant.

Brooklyn, New York

'Jumping Jack' Power Plant

A mysterious, abandoned building rotting on the Brooklyn waterfront.

A boat being serviced using a dry dock. (amberjol/Flickr)

Brooklyn, New York

The Brooklyn Navy Yard

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

Gottlieb's Restaurant

Brooklyn, New York

Gottlieb's Restaurant

One of the few Glatt kosher delis in the United States is a cornerstone of its Hasidic neighborhood.

Govinda's Vegetarian Lunch

Brooklyn, New York

Govinda's Vegetarian Lunch

Every dish is blessed in this basement eatery beneath a Hare Krishna temple.

Webster Place

Brooklyn, New York

Webster Place

A hidden architectural treasure in New York's Brooklyn.

Vale of Cashmere.

Brooklyn, New York

Vale of Cashmere

This secluded ruin was once a home for exotic plants.

Gowanus Ballroom
Permanently Closed

Brooklyn, New York

Gowanus Ballroom

A working metal shop and venue for outrageous art and music shows in a former cannonball factory.

Inside the Red Hook Grain Elevator

Brooklyn, New York

Red Hook Grain Terminal

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

Friends Quaker Cemetery

Brooklyn, New York

Friends Quaker Cemetery

19th century cemetery hidden in Brooklyn's Prospect Park.

Tortilleria Mexicana Los Hermanos

Brooklyn, New York

Tortilleria Mexicana Los Hermanos

A B.Y.O.B. Mexican cantina lives inside one of the last tortilla factories in Brooklyn.

View of Masstransiscope

Brooklyn, New York

Masstransiscope

A modern zoetrope on the New York City subway.

Plymouth Street in Vinegar Hill

Brooklyn, New York

Vinegar Hill

Walk into the 19th century without leaving Brooklyn.

Red Hook Warehouse

Brooklyn, New York

Red Hook Warehouse

A massive forgotten storehouse from 1913 on the Brooklyn Waterfront has a spectacular view of Brooklyn.

The view from the obelisk

Brooklyn, New York

Tomb of Secrets at Green-Wood Cemetery

A way to take your secrets to someone else's grave.

Coney Art Walls.

Brooklyn, New York

Coney Art Walls

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

Brooklyn Army Terminal Building B

Brooklyn, New York

Brooklyn Army Terminal Building B

Empty, but not abandoned, this cavernous Brooklyn loading dock was once considered the largest individual building in the world.

The Old Headquarters of Murder, Inc.

Brooklyn, New York

The Old Headquarters of Murder, Inc.

This otherwise innocuous bodega was once the headquarters of the most feared assassin's guild in American history.

Overlooking New York Harbor.

Brooklyn, New York

Green-Wood Cemetery

A Victorian cemetery in the heart of Brooklyn remains a popular mecca of morbid curiosity.

The Carousel in Prospect Park

Brooklyn, New York

The Carousel in Prospect Park

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

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