Brooklyn, New York
The Old Headquarters of Murder, Inc.
This otherwise innocuous bodega was once the headquarters of the most feared assassin's guild in American history.
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Places on this traveler's wishlist.
Queens, New York
The Abandoned Rockaway Beach Branch of the Long Island Railroad
A once crucial portion of the Long Island railroad still lays abandoned, waiting to be turned into an urban park.
Corning, New York
Corning Museum of Glass
Dedicated to the art and science of glass in equal measure, this space is as much laboratory as museum.
New York, New York
La Plaza Cultural
This former crime corner has been turned into an eclectic community center.
New York, New York
Site of Columbia University's Nuclear Reactor
This was one of the first (and last) university-built and operated nuclear reactors.
East Otto, New York
Griffis Sculpture Park
A collection of unique outdoor sculptures surounded by the beauty of nature.
New York, New York
Lenin Statue at Red Square
Salute the leader of the proletariat.
Permanently Closed
New York, New York
Hidden Wall of 1976 Graffiti
A partially hidden wall graffitied by spectators of the 1976 Bicentennial, recently rediscovered.
New York, New York
Castle Williams
In its day this historic fort held 100 cannons pointed in almost every direction to protect New York.
Buffalo, New York
Buffalo Central Terminal
Ruins of a once-prized railroad station in New York.
New York, New York
Tammany Hall
The notorious headquarters of a corrupt political machine.
New York, New York
The Players
A posh members-only club with a literally dramatic history.
Queens, New York
Panorama of the City of New York
The crown jewel of the Queens Museum is a nearly 10,000-square-foot architectural model of the city originally built for the 1964 World's Fair.
Permanently Closed
New York, New York
Site of the Beach Pneumatic Subway
Visit the site of a subway powered by nothing more than air--and lots of it.
Permanently Closed
Rochester, New York
Rochester Abandoned Subway
The remains of a failed subway in upstate New York is now an underground graffiti bunker.
New York, New York
The Wizard of Park Avenue
A whimsical, but often overlooked clock in Park Avenue.
New Windsor, New York
Storm King Art Center
100 massive sculptures in the Hudson River Valley.
Staten Island, New York
Remains of Fort Wadsworth
Once America's longest-manned military fort, now an abandoned hulk.
New York, New York
New Yorker Hotel
The New York hotel where tragic visionary Nikola Tesla spent his final hours, destitute and alone but for the pigeons.
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
Roosevelt Island Octagon Tower
A former insane asylum despised by Nelly Bly and Charles Dickens is now fashionable apartments.
New York, New York
Jefferson Market Library
Named the fifth most beautiful building in America in 1885, this former courthouse boasts the best view in the Village.
New York, New York
United Palace Theatre
One of the last Jazz Age "Wonder Theaters" in New York City.
Permanently Closed
Dansville, New York
Jackson Sanatorium
Home on the Hillside, and home of the first breakfast cereal.
