Centerport, New York
William Vanderbilt's Abandoned Salt Water Pool
A millionaire's abandoned swimming pool from the gilded age of one of America's most distinguished families.
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Places I want to go
Places on this traveler's wishlist.
Queens, New York
Valencia Movie House
The Vatican of the movie industry turned into an actual church.
Permanently Closed
Rome, New York
Erie Canal Village
A historic recreation of the golden age of the Erie Canal, abandoned for some time, slowly being restored.
Brooklyn, New York
Webster Place
A hidden architectural treasure in New York's Brooklyn.
Buffalo, New York
The Darwin D. Martin House
One of Frank Lloyd Wright's greatest—and favorite—architectural masterpieces was almost lost.
Pittsford, New York
Mushroom House of Rochester
Eclectic architecture in the woods of New York.
Permanently Closed
Fallsburg, New York
The Pines Resort
This once sprawling resort now sits abandoned, filled with graffiti and vibrant colors from an era long passed.
Queens, New York
Louis Armstrong House
The preserved house of a jazz legend still echoes with his music.
Sleepy Hollow, New York
Chagall and Matisse Glass
This tiny church near Sleepy Hollow contains Henri Matisse's last work, a rose window, and nine windows by Marc Chagall.
Newcomb, New York
Tahawus
An old abandoned mining town in The Adirondacks where Theodore Roosevelt first learned of the shooting of President William McKinley.
Glen Cove, New York
Welwyn Preserve
The abandoned grounds and derelict greenhouses of this once-magnificent Edwardian estate are now a nature preserve open for exploration.
New York, New York
C-Squat
A notorious punk house turned co-op.
New York, New York
Secret Apartment in the Fort Washington Library
This abandoned caretaker's apartment is one of 13 left in the New York Public Library system.
Buffalo, New York
Abandoned Wonder Bread Factory
A forsaken wonder in the middle of the East Side neighborhood.
Catskill, New York
Catskill Game Farm
The abandoned ruins of America's first private zoo are open for exploration in the Catskills.
New York, New York
Lenin Statue at Red Square
Salute the leader of the proletariat.
Shoreham, New York
Tesla's Wardenclyffe Laboratory
An unrealized dream to wirelessly electrify the entire Earth.
Wingdale, New York
Harlem Valley Psychiatric Center
An abandoned asylum once on the cutting edge of lobotomies may be reborn as a Christian college.
Parksville, New York
Parksville
This Central New York ghost town was once a prosperous railroad community.
Brooklyn, New York
McGovern Weir Greenhouse
One of only two remaining Victorian-era greenhouses in New York.
Brooklyn, New York
Vinegar Hill
Walk into the 19th century without leaving Brooklyn.
Sodus, New York
Abandoned Girl Scout Camp at Beechwood State Park
A deteriorating 1990s Girl Scout camp in a beautiful lush park on Lake Ontario.
Permanently Closed
Schroon Lake, New York
Frontier Town
This former theme park in New York's Adirondack Mountains fell into ruin before being resurrected as a state-run campground
Rhinebeck, New York
Wyndcliffe Mansion
What was once a trend-setting, phrase-coining icon of architectural splendor is now a rotting, forgotten hulk.
