This family-owned bakery is one of the last places in Brooklyn to sell the Nation of Islam–inspired bean pie.

Shop while you wait for a table in this tiny Indonesian eatery within a mini-mart.

Deliciousness abounds at a Guatemalan restaurant masquerading as a pizzeria.

A mysterious, abandoned building rotting on the Brooklyn waterfront.

Chefs from Tibet's Kham region offer steaming meat pies and noodle soups in this nook behind a jewelry store.

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

This mysterious marker puzzles pedestrians and infuriates geographers.

One kilometer of thick brass rod laid out before your eyes.

Play heads or tails with thousands of different coins.

A prohibition era watering hole for the police.

A plaque immortalizes the spot where the early American spy said his famous last words: "I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country."

Hiroshima survivor on Riverside Drive.

An abandoned subway tunnel that could have reinvigorated Staten Island still lies somewhere beneath this Brooklyn park.

Pulled from the rubble of one of the worst modern tragedies, a steel crossbeam became a symbol of hope for New Yorkers.

This recipe is set in stone.

Waterway populated with abandoned projects, including a submarine.

Final resting place of two dozen New York City harbor ships.

The highest point on the island known for buildings that touch the sky.

You don't have to be an ambassador to dine like one.

Brooklyn's most iconic restaurant, resurrected.

The last living thing to come out of the rubble after 9/11 is now a symbol of hope and resilience.

A one-ton statue of Steve Rogers beautifies the entry to a Brooklyn Bed, Bath & Beyond.

A hidey-hole sandwiched between cellphone, DVD, and jewelry stores features Tibetan delights.

This was one of the first (and last) university-built and operated nuclear reactors.