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

What was once a trend-setting, phrase-coining icon of architectural splendor is now a rotting, forgotten hulk.

Reclaimed by nature, the ruins of Doodletown, New York are remnants of a town consumed by a state park.

The site of a tragic massacre that spawned a multimedia franchise.

Those belting out show tunes in this West Village piano bar might not realize it marks the site where Thomas Paine died in 1809.

A ruined mansion hidden in the woods of the Hudson Valley, home of a tragically doomed romance.

Once America's longest-manned military fort, now an abandoned hulk.

Historical figures from New York City's Catholic community reside in Midtown.

This abandoned subway station can still be seen on regular commuter trips.

The first and only carousel with a lineup entirely of insects.

The famous author's cottage hideaway.

A once grand hotel is being retaken by the wilderness it once capitalized on.

Once the tallest building in the world and the site of “the highest dinner ever held in New York” this building now holds the most expensive penthouse in the city.

This ruined fort hidden at the top of Central Park can't seem to keep from losing its historical plaques.

This empty Victorian manse on Staten Island is said to be haunted but is actually a real life crime scene.

One of the last Jazz Age "Wonder Theaters" in New York City.

Read between the lines of the subway map to find the hidden abandoned Civil War fort.

Home to the infamous "Typhoid Mary" and the worst loss of life in New York's history prior to September 11, 2001.

Collapsing castle on the Hudson river was once the storage site of military surplus business.

Ride the subways of yesteryear.

Hidden in Central Park's Ramble is a troublesome cave buried just beneath the surface.

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

Just your average Marie Antoinette–themed speakeasy in an abandoned 19th-century subway tunnel.

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