A drawbridge named for a potentially intersex Polish national who fought alongside George Washington during the American Revolution, and an example of "Pulaski Red".

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

The remnants of two World's Fairs are here, complete with a 12-story globe, a mini-Manhattan, and a UFO-shaped pavilion.

A cruise terminal that changes the atmosphere of Red Hook's industrial waterfront.

The ballpark in "Pigtown" where the Brooklyn Dodgers made their name was replaced with a huge apartment complex.

The longest continuous underwater road in North America was built at the insistence of Franklin Roosevelt.

While it now takes more than a dime to open an account this historic Brooklyn bank still displays the opulence of the gilded age in which it was built.

Michael Jackson got Bad and Crocodile Dundee walked on heads in this iconic Brooklyn subway station.

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.

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

You can still ride this 100-year-old work of art in Brooklyn's largest public park.

One of the most enjoyable bits of history at Coney Island and “the most romantic ride in the world.”

Sniff the Titan Arum's rotting flesh.

Thanks to modern navigational tools we now know that the true prime meridian runs through a park next door.

The world's smallest drawbridge.

Storms, funding, and in-fighting have kept this Bermuda church from ever being completed.

The final resting place for Bermuda's British military, including a man who died of sunstroke.

The abandoned Bermudian home of a British naval leader is surrounded by crumbling sporting fields and the graves of convicts.

Once a strategically imperative naval base, portions of this Bermuda dock complex now serve cruise ships.

In Bermuda, this formal naval residence has become a go-to for cliff-jumpers and hikers.

A monument to Cuffy, a rebellious enslaved person who became a national hero in Guyana.

Though dynamited and defaced, the statue still stands outside the law courts in Georgetown, Guyana.

The largest market in Guyana, designed and built by the Edge Moor Iron Company of Delaware.

These official units of measurement—including chains and perches—lie hidden beneath tourists' feet in a popular London hub.