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This iconic tattoo shop has its own onsite museum with artifacts from the early history of modern body art.

A Victorian cemetery in the heart of Brooklyn remains a popular mecca of morbid curiosity.

Cryptic messages embedded in the New York City sidewalk.

The end of the 4 Line is also the end of the line for 300,000 souls in one of NYC's most illustrious cemeteries.

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

Manhattan's lighthouse, erected at the insistence of the unsinkable Molly Brown.

Curious crustaceans support an obelisk from ancient Egypt that now stands in modern-day Central Park.

The loneliest island in New York.

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

This mosaic dedicated to John Lennon was tended for years by a Beatles super-fan.

Once the tallest building in the world and the site of “the highest dinner ever held in New York” this building now holds the most expensive penthouse in the city.

Home to the infamous "Typhoid Mary" and the worst loss of life in New York's history prior to September 11, 2001.

The world's oldest hologram gallery and the labyrinthine laser laboratory of a holography pioneer.

A three-story copper skybridge connects two Manhattan buildings with Art Deco luxury.

This cemetery has graves dating back to the 17th century, including the city's oldest carved tombstone and an ominous cryptogram.

A dilapidated dock tells the story of Titanic’s missed arrival.

The feral felines of Roosevelt Island have a small army of allies and an abandoned hospital all to themselves.

This abandoned subway station beneath the Waldorf-Astoria hotel is allegedly used to secretly transport presidents.

A crumbling hospital from the 1850s on Roosevelt Island.

The remains of one of America's first radiation testing grounds still rest ominously in a Georgia forest.

This abandoned school has had many lives since the early 1900s, and all of them doomed.

This abandoned amusement park was built on a site with a dark history.

Garden dedicated to native carnivorous plants and site of huge flytrap heist.

Rural churches in the middle of nowhere with religious frescoes by famous artist.