This metal eagle one of the final remnants of a newspaper that wanted to keep Brooklyn to Brooklyn.

The preserved house of a jazz legend still echoes with his music.

Oldest surviving example of a Dutch saltbox frame house in America.

Come for the pastrami, stay for the million-dollar art.

The final resting place of the great escape artist, where some still gather to wait for his escape from death.

The crown jewel of the Queens Museum is a nearly 10,000-square-foot architectural model of the city originally built for the 1964 World's Fair.

The home of aviation trailblazers, in a remote corner of the big city.

First a horse rendering plant, then a 19th century landfill, this beach is full of glass from thousands upon thousands of broken bottles.

This abandoned seaside fortress is now simply an imposing ruin being taken back by nature.

A former seaside jewel built for the everyman is now simply a neglected art deco fortress.

The Vatican of the movie industry turned into an actual church.

The oldest living organism in New York City. Maybe.

This city park was once a lookout point for George Washington’s army during the Battle of Brooklyn in 1776.

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

Sniff the Titan Arum's rotting flesh.

Nondescript elevator doors open to reveal a stunning, surreal world.

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

A band of aerialists and circus performers putting on incredible shows in East Williamsburg.

An 1883 schoolhouse now home to collective of artists.

A Collegiate Gothic quadrangle that surrounds an 18th century secondary school whose financing came from the likes of Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr, among others.

A massive art collective tries a new take on Brooklyn's DIY music scene—by making it fully legal.

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

A burial ground of rusting metal grave markers.

This 19th century brick building in Brooklyn stands out like the anachronistic landmark that it is.