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The feral felines of Roosevelt Island have a small army of allies and an abandoned hospital all to themselves.

A miniature rainforest is growing inside of a Midtown Manhattan office building.

Elevated freight railway turned wildly successful urban park.

Try not to get slimed in Tribeca.

This abandoned subway station beneath the Waldorf-Astoria hotel is allegedly used to secretly transport presidents.

Amid the bustle and noise of the Financial District hides a secluded garden oasis above the city streets.

Dodge prohibitionists and slide through the telephone booth in Crif Dogs.

Tucked in the back of this amazing antique store is an important piece of medical history.

A crumbling hospital from the 1850s on Roosevelt Island.

The very first subway station in New York City is beautiful, decked out in chandeliers, and ... abandoned?

Enjoy classic musicals with a home-cooked meal at this former staple of American social life.

One of the largest collections of merchandise from the famous British sci-fi show can be found smack in the middle of Indiana.

A collection of relics from the Spiritualist Camp Chesterfield.

Colorful collection of antique musical oddities.

The bespectacled, cocktail-sipping pachyderm is a strange but fitting liquor store mascot.

A rural hall of justice holds the world's only comic book and superhero museum.

A lesser-known part of the Kinsey Institute is this impressive collection of art, artifacts, and material culture related to human sexuality.

This hidden stream beneath Indianapolis makes an appearance in the best-selling novel "Underground Airlines."

Ornate limestone building now filled with geologic specimens, and more.

A modern-day wunderkammer dedicated to Indianapolis history, Afrofuturism, and musical vibrations.

The first spinning jail built in the United States is the only one that still turns.

Ruined pieces of stone and a swimming pool are all that remain of an amusement park swept away by a flood.

The site of a 19th century "dream city" that almost rivaled Chicago before being swallowed by the Indiana sand dunes.

If astronomy had a ghost, it would look like this observatory.