The Underground Railroad passed right through this historic Brooklyn Heights church.

Brooklyn's Barkaloo Cemetery is the resting place of a scant two bodies.

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

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

A beautiful collection of architectural ornaments rescued from demolished New York City buildings.

Nature and beauty amidst pollution and industrial wreckage.

A no-frills cinephile haven known for showing offbeat, underseen films.

This neighborhood grocery houses a treasure trove of Eastern European delights.

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

In its day this historic fort held 100 cannons pointed in almost every direction to protect New York.

Volunteer-run library dedicated to exploring five decades of activism history.

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

This secluded ruin was once a home for exotic plants.

Two community gardens under the elevated subway lines on a very busy commercial strip in Bushwick.

A strangely angled West Village home is the only monument to an explosion that took the lives of three American revolutionaries.

This small New York museum celebrates the mountainous artwork of a Russian mystic.

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

A hidden architectural treasure in New York's Brooklyn.

Waterway populated with abandoned projects, including a submarine.

I fought the law and the precinct caved in.

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

Records of the dead describe the myriad odd ways people used to die.

The world's largest collection of materials relating to lesbian history is housed in a Brooklyn townhouse.

This small, hidden cove is home to abandoned boats.