Places roboticanarchy Wants to Go

This dilapidated castle-like structure overlooks the Hudson River at one of its widest points and was once home to nuns.

This once-grand marvel of engineering is now 41 miles of scenic hiking trail.

A former connection to City Island, it has been abandoned since the 1930s.

This tiny church near Sleepy Hollow contains Henri Matisse's last work, a rose window, and nine windows by Marc Chagall.

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.

The loneliest island in New York.

This graceful little figure is a one-of-a-kind version of the cherished character.

An isolated beacon with a history of grisly murder and a view of some of literature's greatest inspirations.

An abandoned Gold Coast-era mansion once intended for the exiled ruler of Albania, who never arrived.

The former estate of the Guggenheims, part of the opulent Gold Coast that inspired the Great Gatsby.

A millionaire's abandoned swimming pool from the gilded age of one of America's most distinguished families.

The "Skinny House" is made from scrap, salvage, and a neighbor’s kindness.

The abandoned grounds and derelict greenhouses of this once-magnificent Edwardian estate are now a nature preserve open for exploration.

Some of the earliest burial grounds of New York State are to be found hidden away in this quaint town.

Spies, love letters, and ghost stories have all left their mark on this home-cum-museum.

Mansion and shopping center used in the 1975 film "The Stepford Wives."

Home of Philip Johnson, one of the 20th century's most influential architects.

An Escher-inspired library dedicated to the wonders of the human mind, yet closed to the public.

In the woods of New Jersey lie the ruins of a munitions village abandoned after World War I and the remnants of a 1920s wooden racetrack.

A failed piece of Orientalism has become the proud symbol of a community.

A park full of outsider art, created by college students studying outsider art.

One man's lifelong obsession with death.

Eccentric concrete mansion and museum designed and built by hand from the inside out.

This might just be the TARDIS of bookstores.