Places erockalypse Wants to Go

One of the oldest Jewish cemeteries in the city, it is now overgrown with an urban forest.

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

One of the last taxidermists in New York City.

The best B-movies filmed on a shoestring budget were born here.

A hyper-luxurious, 12,000- square foot home might be buried beneath Queens, still waiting to protect you from nuclear missiles.

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

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

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

Failed state-supported institution meant to rehabilitate students with intellectual disabilities.

A restaurant on Staten Island showcases a different grandmother’s cooking every night.

Once America's longest-manned military fort, now an abandoned hulk.

A Gothic-style abode built to accommodate the church's three resident peacocks.

Recovered suit of a cannibalistic West African gang.

Site of the first pathological and bacteriological research facility in the United States.

The origins of midtown Manhattan's anachronistic wooden farmhouse remain a mystery.

Once considered the height of medical modernity, this structure is now the oldest remaining component of Roosevelt Hospital.

Possible relics of the ancient Roman city are hidden in this restaurant's façade.

The original toys that inspired the beloved children's stories are on display at the New York Public Library.

The mummified relics of an American missionary.

A Manhattan Episcopal church with an eerie underground crypt.

The first "Hall of Fame" in America was designed by legendary Gilded Age architect Stanford White for what was then the NYU uptown campus.

Little Red Lighthouse under the George Washington Bridge.

The site of the deadly Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire.

There’s a secret bunker inside the Brooklyn Bridge, but the city won’t say where.