Brooklyn, New York
House of Yes
A band of aerialists and circus performers putting on incredible shows in East Williamsburg.
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Brooklyn, New York
A band of aerialists and circus performers putting on incredible shows in East Williamsburg.
New York, New York
The name of this famed hospital was once a byword for the horrors of medical and psychiatric care.
Beacon, New York
The abandoned husk of a mental institution that failed to save a Jazz Age icon still sits nearly unchanged.
Bronx, New York
Home to the infamous "Typhoid Mary" and the worst loss of life in New York's history prior to September 11, 2001.
New York, New York
The oldest surviving bridge in New York City, which reopened to pedestrians in 2015.
Roscoe, New York
An abandoned castle owned and ignored by Masons carries a cursed history.
Beacon, New York
Collapsing castle on the Hudson river was once the storage site of military surplus business.
New York, New York
The oldest operating apothecary in the US has treated everyone from Thomas Edison to Mark Twain.
Haines Falls, New York
A stunning, two-tiered waterfall made famous by poets, artists and the legend of a ghost dog.
New York, New York
A New York garbage depot holds a secret collection of weird and wonderful refuse.
New York, New York
Hidden in Central Park's Ramble is a troublesome cave buried just beneath the surface.
New York, New York
The feral felines of Roosevelt Island have a small army of allies and an abandoned hospital all to themselves.
New York, New York
New York's oldest magic store.
New York, New York
This abandoned subway station beneath the Waldorf-Astoria hotel is allegedly used to secretly transport presidents.
New York, New York
The world’s oldest and biggest bookstore stocking only mystery, crime fiction, espionage, and thrillers.
New York, New York
A crumbling hospital from the 1850s on Roosevelt Island.
New York, New York
A terrific purveyor of natural history objects and curios.
Grampian, Pennsylvania
Rocky outcrops containing overhangs, caves, fissures, clefts, and alcoves that invite exploration and scrambling.
Tyrone, Pennsylvania
Considered by many to be a local landmark and treasure.
Ashland, Pennsylvania
An underground blaze turned this village into a ghost town.
Scranton, Pennsylvania
This national landmark is also home to a massive treehouse.
Scranton, Pennsylvania
Grand architectural relics gain a new life in this Pennsylvania warehouse.
Danville, Pennsylvania
Construction uncovered this trove of fossils, which visitors are welcome to add to their own collections.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
The Ryerss mansion in Burholme Park now houses a community library and a museum filled with a trove of oddities from around the world.