Places Charles WV Wants to Go

Built in the 1920s, this co-op in the Bronx feels more like an Italian villa than a typical New York apartment building.

A former connection to City Island, it has been abandoned since the 1930s.

The loneliest island in New York.

A riverfront park that both remediated and preserved its industrial past.

Designed by famed 20th-century architect Cass Gilbert, the future of this abandoned 1908 rail station is currently in limbo.

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

A mysterious air force base built to resemble a Long Island fishing village.

This private island is still in the family after a 400-year history including a witch hunt, a pirate, and multiple wars.

A fire station-turned-church-turned-museum dedicated to the work of seminal light artist Dan Flavin.

Once the center of food production for this small town.

Want to build a wind turbine? Secede from the nation.

A large camera obscura, constructed entirely from digitally fabricated components.

The first commercial nuclear power plant constructed on Long Island.

A rare forest habitat nestled behind two sand dunes.

A historic lighthouse steeped in rumors of ghost and pirate stories.

The former estate of the Guggenheims, part of the opulent Gold Coast that inspired the Great Gatsby.

The oldest continuously operating farm in New York State.

A long abandoned hospital building on the outskirts of NYC.

Read between the lines of the subway map to find the hidden abandoned Civil War fort.

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

This eclectic sculpture garden in Brooklyn, home to a bizarre collection of art, was once a run-down junkyard.

A retired oil tanker now offering amazing views of New York City.

Take in a rare, face-to-face glimpse of Lady Liberty at this tucked away Red Hook park.

The most unloved grain elevator in Brooklyn was a “Magnificent Mistake.”