The final resting place of a former Dodgers and Mets player can be found in central Brooklyn, in the first diocesan cemetery for Catholics in the borough.

This pole near the infield rail at Belmont Park marks the jaw-dropping margin of Secretariat’s 1973 Belmont Stakes victory.

Known by nicknames like the "Jersey Jumper" and the "Daring Yankee," Patch was the first famous daredevil in the United States.

A monument honoring those who died in the Great Famine of Ireland.

Out of a labyrinth of abandoned tunnels and stops, this Queens subway station is arguably the most mysterious—if it exists at all.

The lesser-known Alice sculpture of Central Park dedicated to the “godmother of American children.”

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

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

The French deconstructionist had a weakness for baked goods.

This 19th-century Hamptons windmill was once home to modernist painter Agnes Pelton.

Where one of the worst train disasters in the country took place, leading to upgrades in rail safety.

A community farm in the midst of the Brooklyn concrete.

This giant rock arrived at this quiet park thousands of years ago on the back of a massive glacier.

This micro-industry of Latino cuisine along Red Hook's Ball Fields represents a victory in a food fight with the city.

Toxic waste disaster that founded the Superfund program.

A yoga studio and venue for "chill-out parties" in a former chicken slaughterhouse.

There's a piece of New York City transportation history hidden in plain sight at a Manhattan subway stop.

The tiniest little stage in New York.

A graffiti Mecca welcoming artists from around the world.

Down a stairway in the East Village, you could once read a plaque describing an alternate history of a fictional version of Manhattan.

Haven for steampunks.

The saddest little diner in New York.

NYC's legendary underground network for bovine transportation.

A veritable variety of odds and ends.