Places Ember Penumbra Wants to Go

Waterway populated with abandoned projects, including a submarine.

A decommissioned military complex that's now a modern industrial park.

Feral cats keeping the rodent population at bay all across Greenpoint waterfront.

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

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

A band of aerialists and circus performers putting on incredible shows in East Williamsburg.

This innocent-looking townhome is actually a subway exit.

Leaf through over 30,000 artists' sketchbooks in what may be the world's largest collection of doodles

Abandoned 19th century homes once occupied by naval officers, soon to be demolished.

Abandoned power station once home to a squatter community, now being developed into an arts center.

First a horse rendering plant, then a 19th century landfill, this beach is full of glass from thousands upon thousands of broken bottles.

The remains of a paranoid inventor's hidden workshop lie in beautiful ruins amidst a Canadian park.

Explore the ruins of war and maritime history along this gorgeously ferocious North Atlantic seascape.

Cliffs that hold fossils, including the earliest known reptile, dating back more than 300 million years.

This crescent-shaped sliver of sand is a magical haven for a herd of feral horses.

The remains of the worst maritime disaster in the history of the "Graveyard of the Pacific."

An island said to shake with the current.

One of the final concrete ships built before World War II is now a crumbling breakwater.

At least 14 twice-retired ships were sunk to make a lovely rusting breakwater in Comox Harbour.

Mysterious wreckage of a small plane has been lodged in this tree since at least 1971.

The wreckage still sits at the exact spot the plane crash-landed in 1945, carrying 1,000 pounds of explosives.

The stunning remnants of this wreck emerge from an otherworldly backdrop of rainforests.

Home inspired by the crystal rock formation of the Emerald Estates.

This house was largely built out of hundreds of thousands of discarded glass embalming fluid bottles.