Places Crabeater Wants to Go

A bit of retro transportation flair preserved in the world's largest department store.

The loneliest island in New York.

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

This ruined fort hidden at the top of Central Park can't seem to keep from losing its historical plaques.

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

The abandoned husk of a mental institution that failed to save a Jazz Age icon still sits nearly unchanged.

The fanciest public restroom in New York City boasts fresh flowers, art, and a classical music soundtrack.

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

An abandoned castle owned and ignored by Masons carries a cursed history.

The oldest surviving bridge in New York City, which reopened to pedestrians in 2015.

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

Collapsing castle on the Hudson river was once the storage site of military surplus business.

A dilapidated dock tells the story of Titanic’s missed arrival.

Under a glass sidewalk lie the remains of some of Manhattan's oldest buildings.

Ride the subways of yesteryear.

Hidden in Central Park's Ramble is a troublesome cave buried just beneath the surface.

A miniature rainforest is growing inside of a Midtown Manhattan office building.

This abandoned subway station beneath the Waldorf-Astoria hotel is allegedly used to secretly transport presidents.

A treasure trove of artifacts, books, and artwork from the "golden age" of exploration.

A crumbling hospital from the 1850s on Roosevelt Island.

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

This huge dam across the Colorado River caused an armed standoff between two U.S. states.

The ruins of this antebellum sugar plantation are the end result of a Seminole attack during the Florida Wars of 1836.

These crumbling foundations are all that remain of the once-stately 1840s manor that gave the town of Bradenton its name.