Places Edited by Anna Minster

I fought the law and the precinct caved in.

Built as a gift to the hottest tastemaker of the time, these hidden quarters remain an Art Deco showpiece.

A long abandoned hospital building on the outskirts of NYC.

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

City law dictates that this mountaintop cathedral containing the heart of a saint is to remain the tallest building in town.

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

A vast city of the dead, where the deceased outnumber the living by more than a million.

Fabrication workshop where the encasement for One World Trade Center's beacon was constructed.

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

America's greatest forgotten garden and the former stomping grounds of Son of Sam.

Small monoliths of several varieties of stone sit alongside a wooded path in the Bronx.

This dilapidated castle-like structure overlooks the Hudson River at one of its widest points and was once home to nuns.

For over 80 years, Mayan ruins stood proudly in a most unlikely location.

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

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

Cheap pizza and all of your naughty bedroom needs housed in a stunning example of Art Nouveau architecture.

The loneliest island in New York.

A formerly abandoned mental institute, now back in business.

The oldest continuously operating farm in New York State.

The highest point on the island known for buildings that touch the sky.

An alley way dedicated to graffiti and street art is a constantly changing street gallery.

There are owls with glowing eyes in Herald Square.

One of the oldest Jewish cemeteries in the city, it is now overgrown with an urban forest.

The mummified relics of an American missionary.