Queen Anne style apartment house built in 1886.

Church featuring "high Victorian gothic" architecture.

Waterway populated with abandoned projects, including a submarine.

A former seaside jewel built for the everyman is now simply a neglected art deco fortress.

Residents of this Brooklyn neighborhood may be unaware their houses sit atop a buried trolley graveyard.

This small, hidden cove is home to abandoned boats.

The home of aviation trailblazers, in a remote corner of the big city.

This neighborhood grocery houses a treasure trove of Eastern European delights.

This futuristic airport terminal was abandoned for decades before reopening as a hotel—with a vintage plane of its own parked out back.

A music-filled, booze-soaked oasis in the desert.

A fake town founded by Western movie stars is now becoming a hip desert community.

A Norwegian-born sculptor created these soaring guardian angels at the entrance to Hoover Dam.

An old railroad grade built for the construction of Hoover Dam is now a recreational trail featuring several tunnels and sweeping views of Lake Mead.

Once called Winthrop Park in 1889, home to a decidedly sexy tribute to the Monitor vs. Merrimac battle.

A drawbridge named for a potentially intersex Polish national who fought alongside George Washington during the American Revolution, and an example of "Pulaski Red".

Once a dumping spot, now a park with a kayak launch.

Enormous one time fiber mill now houses local artists and small businesses.

Feral cats keeping the rodent population at bay all across Greenpoint waterfront.

The return of something once considered a basic part of life.

Once a ferry dock, radio transmitter, and now a new Greenpoint park.

A charming "tea atelier" hidden away in Greenpoint, Brooklyn.

Known as the "Forgotten City" it was home to industry, riots, artists, squatters, and to one of the largest single disaster fires in New York City.

Constructed in the 1920s, this former pencil factory is now an office building.

Ornate "Renaissance Revival" style building.