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Reclaimed by nature, the ruins of Doodletown, New York are remnants of a town consumed by a state park.

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

The site of a tragic massacre that spawned a multimedia franchise.

A library and shop devoted to the body, mortality, and bringing to light forgotten or neglected histories

A ruined mansion hidden in the woods of the Hudson Valley, home of a tragically doomed romance.

Decades after testing the polio vaccine on unwitting patients, this historic mental hospital sits in ruin.

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

The oldest living tree in Manhattan comes shrouded in sinister legend.

Neon signs that grace the windows of Bergdorf Goodman's and Tiffany & Co. come from this studio in Brooklyn.

New York City's only radical feminist independent bookstore.

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

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.

A living archive of urban activism and space reclaimed.

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

A collection of fanzines, recordings, and documents detailing the rise and influence of the feminist punk movement.

Long the exclusive domain of birds and vagabonds, this little-known Central Park peninsula is open to the public once more.

The loneliest island in New York.

New York's oldest and possibly grandest keeper of books.

An arcade packed with a rotating collection of unique independent video games.

A once grand hotel is being retaken by the wilderness it once capitalized on.

The first and only carousel with a lineup entirely of insects.

A natural gas leak provides a flickering flame beneath a waterfall.

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.

This empty Victorian manse on Staten Island is said to be haunted but is actually a real life crime scene.