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

A former watering trough turned local heritage site.

A hidden architectural treasure in New York's Brooklyn.

This 19th century brick building in Brooklyn stands out like the anachronistic landmark that it is.

The gilded vestiges of a sterling department store can still be found in a Brooklyn shopping center.

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

A crumbling staircase in upper Manhattan is all that remains of one of the most important sites in sports history.

This vacant church in the Financial District was once the heart of New York's first Syrian immigrant community.

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

A forgotten relic from New York's bygone trolley system hides in plain sight under a bridge.

A forsaken wonder in the middle of the East Side neighborhood.

The remains of what was once the world's steepest passenger funicular.

A 19th century hat factory still stands as a crumbling ruin in upstate New York.

A beautiful, historic location open to the public.

The remnants of a luxurious resort that saw its peak in the 1970s and 1980s has been abandoned since 2009, leaving behind the wreckage of both the hotel and a beautiful ice skating rink.

An abandoned asylum once on the cutting edge of lobotomies may be reborn as a Christian college.

A historic recreation of the golden age of the Erie Canal, abandoned for some time, slowly being restored.

Hundreds of numbered stakes hidden in the woods mark the graves of the lost souls of a nearby asylum.

Built in 1797, this is Mississippi’s most haunted house.

A sprawling historic mansion with connections to a notable industrial and publishing dynasty.

These vibrant row houses are a unique example of Baltimore kitsch.

This former tuberculosis research hospital endeavored to cure the dreaded disease with fresh air and positive attitudes.

This Art Deco fortress in upstate New York gives Manhattan's vaunted examples of the style a run for their money.

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