Places Talbot von Sregor Wants to Go

A 9-story, poured concrete structure which was used as a glue factory with an indelible smell.

The rare American Civil War-era weapon was never fired in anger.

Compensation for the destruction of a historic shipyard.

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

A remnant of the original World Trade Center complex continues to serve as a commuter gateway.

The most radioactive spot in New York City can also fix your muffler.

Staten Island's original central park is the former home of the city water supply as well as thousands of immigrant graves.

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

This theater opened in 1998, but both the building and the puppeteers who perform there have a distinguished history.

Supremely flaky treats await at Amadou Ly’s boulangerie and patisserie.

Slurp sesame noodles at the third-generation family-run establishment that invented them.

This unique house, the only one of its kind in Brooklyn, was built as part of a real estate developer's showcase.

Storage warehouse of the rich and famous.

Headquarters of the world's fourth largest Hasidic sect and the first of many "770s" around the world.

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

This recently uncovered ad for Lindsay's run at Mayor in 1965 had been hiding for decades underneath a billboard.

A playground the size of a city block is a modernist monument to civic values and public housing.

Built as a home for the Union Porcelain magnate in 1867, now the Greenpoint Reformed Church and home to a ceramic mystery.

The highest rapid transit station in the world.

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

An unassuming stone building houses New York City's oldest seismic station almost 30 feet below the Bronx.

Cooks at this tiny takeout spot grind their rice flour in a stone mill each morning for perfect cheung fun.

A drawbridge named for a potentially intersex Polish national who fought alongside George Washington during the American Revolution, and an example of "Pulaski Red".

A riverfront park that both remediated and preserved its industrial past.