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An old abandoned mining town in The Adirondacks where Theodore Roosevelt first learned of the shooting of President William McKinley.

Discovered by cows, these upstate New York show caves are presented with a healthy dose of psychedelic folk art.

The world's largest kaleidoscope, designed by a 1960s psychedelic artist.

A notorious punk house turned co-op.

Built hundreds of years ago this downtown iron barrier once protected a much despised king.

A castle built for love, and abandoned due to heartbreak.

Hundreds of antique bank vault locks on display in New York City.

America's oldest Eastern European synagogue provided the immigrants of crowded Lower East Side tenements a space of sanctuary.

Thriving meadows span a rooftop in one of Brooklyn's most heavily industrialized neighborhoods.

Salute the leader of the proletariat.

This otherwise innocuous bodega was once the headquarters of the most feared assassin's guild in American history.

This old cement mine has been used as everything from a mushroom farm to a recording studio.

In its day this historic fort held 100 cannons pointed in almost every direction to protect New York.

Not even a series of devastating fires could keep this odd castle in upstate New York from bouncing back.

A once crucial portion of the Long Island railroad still lays abandoned, waiting to be turned into an urban park.

The home of one of America's most wealthy industrialists is now a historic site that remembers a more decadent time in the country's history.

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

Home on the Hillside, and home of the first breakfast cereal.

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

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

For over 80 years, Mayan ruins stood proudly in a most unlikely location.

Comprehensive gaming collection of over 30,000 electronic games and consoles.

This mouldering abandoned mental hospital was once a center for progressive healing.

A Frankenstein blend of science and art allows one tree to produce 40 different types of stone fruit.