Rome, New York
Erie Canal Village
A historic recreation of the golden age of the Erie Canal, abandoned for some time, slowly being restored.
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Rome, New York
A historic recreation of the golden age of the Erie Canal, abandoned for some time, slowly being restored.
Brooklyn, New York
This seemingly unremarkable boulder is said to bear the hoofprint of the devil himself.
Pawling, New York
The attic and basement house two museums stuffed with oddities like swallowed spoon handles and a shrunken head.
Brooklyn, New York
Historic Greenpoint theater turned roller disco, then chain pharmacy, and now Sweetgreen.
Kingston, New York
An abandoned dollhouse factory.
Tarrytown, New York
One of the earliest bowling lanes in the U.S. doubled as a sewing school during a time when women had little job opportunity.
Cooperstown, New York
A gigantic 10-foot tall stone man.
Flanders, New York
A former poultry store that looks like a giant duck and is one of the "seven wonders" of Long Island.
Staten Island, New York
A town trapped in time - 1958 to be exact.
Queens, New York
The Vatican of the movie industry turned into an actual church.
Buffalo, New York
Created by four famous men, the beautifully designed Buffalo State Asylum was resurrected as a hotel and art center, but still boasts a ghost story or two.
Centerport, New York
An eccentric playboy's astounding natural history collection.
Tappan, New York
This derelict building used to house infirm Freemasons, their widows, and orphans.
Sodus, New York
A deteriorating 1990s Girl Scout camp in a beautiful lush park on Lake Ontario.
Alexandria Bay, New York
A castle built for love, and abandoned due to heartbreak.
Wingdale, New York
An abandoned asylum once on the cutting edge of lobotomies may be reborn as a Christian college.
Sleepy Hollow, New York
The home of one of America's most wealthy industrialists is now a historic site that remembers a more decadent time in the country's history.
Cassadaga, New York
Town full of spiritualists, some of whom are mediums, is still in full swing after 130 years.
Poughkeepsie, New York
This mouldering abandoned mental hospital was once a center for progressive healing.
Brooklyn, New York
A band of aerialists and circus performers putting on incredible shows in East Williamsburg.
Ovid, New York
An abandoned asylum where patients have been forgotten but their possessions remain.
Rhinebeck, New York
What was once a trend-setting, phrase-coining icon of architectural splendor is now a rotting, forgotten hulk.
Thiells, New York
Decades after testing the polio vaccine on unwitting patients, this historic mental hospital sits in ruin.
New York, New York
The world's oldest hologram gallery and the labyrinthine laser laboratory of a holography pioneer.