It's not hard to see why the historic Peabody Conservatory of Music's library has been described as a "cathedral of books."

Crammed into a Baltimore row house is an oddities shop that sells everything from skulls to dead insects.

The trials and tribulations of marking Poe's grave.

A cemetery that holds graves for the forgotten children of a burned orphanage.

In the power of this waterfall, Alexander Hamilton saw the potential for industry.

Local lore claims this park is named after a young woman who jumped off a cliff.

Constructed in the 1920s, this former pencil factory is now an office building.

The only surviving sidewalk clock in Brooklyn.

Neoclassical bank designed by NY architects Helmle & Huberty.

Church featuring "high Victorian gothic" architecture.

Queen Anne style apartment house built in 1886.

The only remaining Jewish congregation in Greenpoint.

Known as the "Forgotten City" it was home to industry, riots, artists, squatters, and to one of the largest single disaster fires in New York City.

Ornate "Renaissance Revival" style building.

One of New York's best collections of pinball is hidden in a secret bar in the back of this laundromat.

This nondescript coffee shop conceals one of the wildest patisseries in New York City.

Home to first responders to Greenpoint's devastating oil fires.

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

A 120-year oil leak slowly unleashes more gallons of oil than the Exxon/Mobil disaster.

Nondescript building owned by ExxonMobil working on siphoning Greenpoint Oil Spill out of the ground.

Thriving meadows span a rooftop in one of Brooklyn's most heavily industrialized neighborhoods.

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

A modern addition to the Greenpoint skyline.

The rough and tumble president's childhood home displays the shirt he was once shot in and the speech that saved him.