Brooklyn, New York
Calvert Vaux Cove
This small, hidden cove is home to abandoned boats.
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Brooklyn, New York
This small, hidden cove is home to abandoned boats.
Syosset, New York
An abandoned Gold Coast-era mansion once intended for the exiled ruler of Albania, who never arrived.
New York, New York
The most confusing clock in New York.
Nyack, New York
These World War I shooting range tunnels are now haunted halls of underground graffiti accessed through the roots of a tree.
New York, New York
This historic address is home to the beloved ball and is an almost totally empty building among the most expensive real estate in the world.
Rosendale, New York
This old cement mine has been used as everything from a mushroom farm to a recording studio.
Queens, New York
This abandoned seaside fortress is now simply an imposing ruin being taken back by nature.
New York, New York
A discreet little stairway on St. Nicholas Avenue leads to a quaint and unexpected cobblestone street of 19th century wooden rowhouses.
Brooklyn, New York
You can still ride this 100-year-old work of art in Brooklyn's largest public park.
New York, New York
Visit the monolithic tomb of America's most famous general.
Thiells, New York
Decades after testing the polio vaccine on unwitting patients, this historic mental hospital sits in ruin.
New York, New York
An artist's cute bronze subway sculptures belie his violent artistic past.
Staten Island, New York
Once America's longest-manned military fort, now an abandoned hulk.
New York, New York
This Wall Street bar was once a hub of revolutionary activity where Washington famously bid farewell to his troops.
New York, New York
The oldest house in Manhattan is now a museum that remembers the home's sordid history of scandals, vice-presidents, and ghosts.
New York, New York
A popular European tradition makes its way to the states on one of America's most famous bridges.
Orchard Park, New York
A natural gas leak provides a flickering flame beneath a waterfall.
New York, New York
Tucked away amidst some of the most famous addresses in the world is New York’s only fraction of a street.
New York, New York
The oldest surviving synagogue in New York City is now a soaring art space.
New York, New York
A pedestrian island in the middle of world-famous Times Square emits a strange (and purposeful) humming noise.
Queens, New York
Read between the lines of the subway map to find the hidden abandoned Civil War fort.
New York, New York
Wall Street has a new heroine, a bronze statue of a small but fierce girl.
New York, New York
A tunnel once abandoned now thrives with graffiti art as an off-limits makeshift gallery.
Brooklyn, New York
Sniff the Titan Arum's rotting flesh.