Brooklyn, New York
McGovern Weir Greenhouse
One of only two remaining Victorian-era greenhouses in New York.
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Brooklyn, New York
One of only two remaining Victorian-era greenhouses in New York.
Queens, New York
A former seaside jewel built for the everyman is now simply a neglected art deco fortress.
Staten Island, New York
Once America's longest-manned military fort, now an abandoned hulk.
Brooklyn, New York
An abandoned subway tunnel that could have reinvigorated Staten Island still lies somewhere beneath this Brooklyn park.
Queens, New York
Read between the lines of the subway map to find the hidden abandoned Civil War fort.
Beacon, New York
This abandoned cemetery is crumbling into ruin, exposing the artifacts and bodies buried there.
Rochester, New York
The remains of a failed subway in upstate New York is now an underground graffiti bunker.
Poughkeepsie, New York
This mouldering abandoned mental hospital was once a center for progressive healing.
New York, New York
This abandoned subway station can still be seen on regular commuter trips.
New York, New York
This vacant church in the Financial District was once the heart of New York's first Syrian immigrant community.
Cold Spring, New York
This abandoned ironworks was once the most important military supplier in America.
Nyack, New York
These World War I shooting range tunnels are now haunted halls of underground graffiti accessed through the roots of a tree.
Beacon, New York
This abandoned factory on the Hudson River once churned out a million bricks a week.
Cold Spring, New York
Reforestation in action is the main attraction in this abandoned quarry.
Bronx, New York
A former connection to City Island, it has been abandoned since the 1930s.
Schroon Lake, New York
This former theme park in New York's Adirondack Mountains fell into ruin before being resurrected as a state-run campground
Sodus, New York
A deteriorating 1990s Girl Scout camp in a beautiful lush park on Lake Ontario.
Corte Pequena, Portugal
Before this rocky hill was home to a chapel, it was used as a lookout by Romans and Moors.
Portugal
An abandoned mine now resembles a post-apocalyptic landscape of derelict buildings and blood-red pools of water.
New Paltz, New York
This stone gatehouse was once the entrance to a historic mountain resort, and it had a cameo in a cheesy cult horror movie.
Rosendale, New York
This old cement mine has been used as everything from a mushroom farm to a recording studio.
New York, New York
This abandoned caretaker's apartment is one of 13 left in the New York Public Library system.
Glen Cove, New York
The abandoned grounds and derelict greenhouses of this once-magnificent Edwardian estate are now a nature preserve open for exploration.
Beacon, New York
The remains of what was once the world's steepest passenger funicular.