New York, New York
Grand Central Ceiling Dark Patch
A dark patch of the ceiling at Grand Central Terminal which was not restored is still stained brown by tobacco.
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New York, New York
A dark patch of the ceiling at Grand Central Terminal which was not restored is still stained brown by tobacco.
New York, New York
Imagine having a street run right through your home, or better yet, a historic bridge three stories high.
Queens, New York
A once crucial portion of the Long Island railroad still lays abandoned, waiting to be turned into an urban park.
New York, New York
The site of the deadly Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire.
New York, New York
This historic building housed the surviving crew members of the Titanic, who were left destitute after the wreck.
New York, New York
In its day this historic fort held 100 cannons pointed in almost every direction to protect New York.
New York, New York
The New York hotel where tragic visionary Nikola Tesla spent his final hours, destitute and alone but for the pigeons.
Brooklyn, New York
Abandoned power station once home to a squatter community, now being developed into an arts center.
Bronx, New York
Home to the infamous "Typhoid Mary" and the worst loss of life in New York's history prior to September 11, 2001.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
There aren't too many operational funiculars around, but Pittsburgh has two!
San Francisco, California
This colorful boulder serves as a canvas for political statements and artistic expression.
Amherstburg, Ontario
An abandoned Victorian-era amusement park is rusting away amidst luxury houses.
Los Angeles, California
Remants of foundations, streets, and streetcar tracks inhabit the cliffs where a landslide occurred in 1929.
Monticello, Florida
The ruins of a creative scholar's fantastical unfinished sanctuary act as his massive gravestone.
Ponce Inlet, Florida
The third tallest lighthouse in America once guided author Stephen Crane to safety.
Atlantic City, New Jersey
The third-tallest lighthouse in the United States stands as a reminder of Atlantic City's early days.
Alpine, New Jersey
Said to be haunted, this tower was constructed by a sugar importer as a gift to his wife.
North Miami Beach, Florida
St Bernard de Clairvaux Episcopal Church, better known as one of the oldest European buildings in the Western Hemisphere.
Costa Rica
This neon blue river gets its color from a unique mix of bacteria and volcano minerals.
Costa Rica
Disused penal colony features prisoner artwork, some sketched in human blood.
Zarcero, Costa Rica
This Costa Rican topiary park is a surreal garden of unearthly delights.
West Sacramento, California
A mesmerizing disco ball-like sculpture along the Sacramento River Walk.
West Sacramento, California
I Street Bridge is the heaviest swinging center bridge in the United States.
Truckee, California
The now-abandoned tunnels were built for the transcontinental railroad on the route where the first wagon train entered California.