Places devildecibel Wants to Go

A beautiful collection of architectural ornaments rescued from demolished New York City buildings.

This Central New York ghost town was once a prosperous railroad community.

These World War I shooting range tunnels are now haunted halls of underground graffiti accessed through the roots of a tree.

This outdoor gallery of graffiti-covered walls pays homage to the past, present, and possible future of street art.

This small, hidden cove is home to abandoned boats.

A deteriorating 1990s Girl Scout camp in a beautiful lush park on Lake Ontario.

This former theme park in New York's Adirondack Mountains fell into ruin before being resurrected as a state-run campground

What was once a trend-setting, phrase-coining icon of architectural splendor is now a rotting, forgotten hulk.

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

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

In upstate New York, gorgeous waterfalls and a watermill are slowly being reclaimed by nature.

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

An oasis of calm amid the chaos of the boardwalk, the museum traces the heritage of this beloved beachside amusement park.

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

One of the most enjoyable bits of history at Coney Island and “the most romantic ride in the world.”

Great place to have a drink and a bite to eat in an atmosphere laden with New York's Bohemian past.

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

The final resting place of the great escape artist, where some still gather to wait for his escape from death.

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

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

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

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

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

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