Nature and beauty amidst pollution and industrial wreckage.

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

Comprised of Spanish war cannons, this sculpture once graced the bow of a WWI warship.

This 18-foot-tall steel lotus is a meditation on ecological crisis that originally appeared at Burning Man.

3,200-square-foot mural inside Dartmouth Library depicts the history of America with images of human sacrifice, ancient gods, and other unspeakable terrors.

This folk art dinosaur was almost pushed to extinction due to lack of a building permit.

This unique house, the only one of its kind in Brooklyn, was built as part of a real estate developer's showcase.

A community farm in the midst of the Brooklyn concrete.

A strip of modern stores in historic buildings.

A working monastery hidden away in Brooklyn once abutted the location of a former inebriate's home.

A world of whimsy and wonder aboard a one of a kind historic landmark vessel.

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

Check out the underground party scene at the "Burning Man of Brooklyn."

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

This innocent-looking townhome is actually a subway exit.

A B.Y.O.B. Mexican cantina lives inside one of the last tortilla factories in Brooklyn.

Brooklyn's most iconic restaurant, resurrected.

This block in downtown Brooklyn was a hotbed of antislavery activism along the Underground Railroad.

This forgotten beach house built to look like a Frank Lloyd Wright masterpiece overlooks a hidden beach.

This outdoor gallery of sculptures along the East River was once a landfill.

A temple belonging to the largest Buddhist order in South Korea nestled in the middle of New York City.

A New York warehouse filled with an enormous amount of goods saved from the landfills and donated for creative use.

An exhibition space dedicated to American outsider art created between the 18th and 21st centuries.

Two New York rooftops are home to the largest rooftop soil farms in the world.