Places badgersofdoom Wants to Go

Legendary private island in the Bronx...devoid of rats.

A mysterious, abandoned building rotting on the Brooklyn waterfront.

One of the last taxidermists in New York City.

Despite not growing anywhere near New York City, bananas are ripened in a pressurized room in the Bronx using precise banana science.

This neo-Gothic former auto showroom is one of the few remaining reminders of Brooklyn's "Automobile Row."

At this hidden studio, the dying art of taxidermy is alive and well.

Final resting place for the Triangle Shirtwaist fire’s unidentified victims.

Constructed in the 1920s, this former pencil factory is now an office building.

An abandoned subway tunnel that could have reinvigorated Staten Island still lies somewhere beneath this Brooklyn park.

Waterway populated with abandoned projects, including a submarine.

Nature and beauty amidst pollution and industrial wreckage.

This Queens hospital has stood abandoned for almost 20 years after its patients were secretly relocated in the dead of night.

Final resting place of two dozen New York City harbor ships.

I fought the law and the precinct caved in.

Feral cats keeping the rodent population at bay all across Greenpoint waterfront.

Empty, but not abandoned, this cavernous Brooklyn loading dock was once considered the largest individual building in the world.

This futuristic airport terminal was abandoned for decades before reopening as a hotel—with a vintage plane of its own parked out back.

A massive forgotten storehouse from 1913 on the Brooklyn Waterfront has a spectacular view of Brooklyn.

The site of the deadly Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire.

This abandoned seaside fortress is now simply an imposing ruin being taken back by nature.

Once America's longest-manned military fort, now an abandoned hulk.

This innocent-looking townhome is actually a subway exit.

The last slot car racing arcade in Brooklyn is keeping the dream of speedy little autos alive.

New York City's only preserved family home from the 19th century.