Bronx, New York
Kool Herc's Block
This Bronx apartment building is officially recognized as the birthplace of hip-hop.
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New York, New York
St. Luke's Place Coal Hole Covers
These ornate manhole covers were used for a now-forgotten purpose.
Syracuse, New York
Niagara Mohawk Building
This Art Deco fortress in upstate New York gives Manhattan's vaunted examples of the style a run for their money.
New York, New York
Fliers and Explorers Globe
A prized globe signed by Amelia Earhart and Charles Lindbergh sits in the Brooklyn office of the American Geographical Society.
Perrysburg, New York
J.N. Adam Memorial Hospital
An abandoned tuberculosis hospital moulders on into an uncertain future.
Elmira, New York
Mark Twain's Grave
The little-known final resting place of one of America's greatest writers.
Centerport, New York
William Vanderbilt's Abandoned Salt Water Pool
A millionaire's abandoned swimming pool from the gilded age of one of America's most distinguished families.
New York, New York
Bill's Place
This speakeasy continues the Prohibition-era legacy of Harlem's jazzy Swing Street.
Buffalo, New York
Buffalo Central Terminal
Ruins of a once-prized railroad station in New York.
Ithaca, New York
Wilder Brain Collection
This collection started by a Cornell professor once held more than 600 human brain specimens, including the one that belonged to its founder.
New York, New York
The Jane Hotel
This historic building housed the surviving crew members of the Titanic, who were left destitute after the wreck.
Howes Cave, New York
Howe Caverns
Why have you never heard of the second most popular tourist site in New York?
New York, New York
Site of New York Slave Market
Where now stands a 42-story condominium tower of marble, glass and steel was once the central market of New York’s slave trade.
Catskill, New York
Catskill Game Farm
The abandoned ruins of America's first private zoo are open for exploration in the Catskills.
New York, New York
Catacombs of Old St. Patrick's Cathedral
Historical figures from New York City's Catholic community reside in Midtown.
Shoreham, New York
Tesla's Wardenclyffe Laboratory
An unrealized dream to wirelessly electrify the entire Earth.
New York, New York
New York City Police Museum
Hear the tales of New York's most notorious criminals.
Queens, New York
TWA Flight Center at JFK Airport
This futuristic airport terminal was abandoned for decades before reopening as a hotel—with a vintage plane of its own parked out back.
New York, New York
Keen's Steakhouse
Everyone from Mark Twain to Teddy Roosevelt has a pipe hanging from the walls of this historic chophouse.
New York, New York
Shopsin's
Prove you deserve to be fed by Kenny Shopsin.
New York, New York
Hamilton Grange
The only home that Alexander Hamilton ever owned has a history almost as troubled as his own.
New York, New York
C. O. Bigelow Apothecary
The oldest operating apothecary in the US has treated everyone from Thomas Edison to Mark Twain.
Brooklyn, New York
New York Transit Museum
Ride the subways of yesteryear.
Haines Falls, New York
Kaaterskill Falls and the Bayard of Dogs
A stunning, two-tiered waterfall made famous by poets, artists and the legend of a ghost dog.
