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Beneath the mossy overgrowth covering this once-sprawling campus lies decades of history and the secrets that come with it.

A formerly abandoned mental institute, now back in business.

This 19th-century Hamptons windmill was once home to modernist painter Agnes Pelton.

A former poultry store that looks like a giant duck and is one of the "seven wonders" of Long Island.

This otherwise innocuous bodega was once the headquarters of the most feared assassin's guild in American history.

Final resting place for the Triangle Shirtwaist fire’s unidentified victims.

The most radioactive spot in New York City can also fix your muffler.

The final resting place of the great escape artist, where some still gather to wait for his escape from death.

Out of a labyrinth of abandoned tunnels and stops, this Queens subway station is arguably the most mysterious—if it exists at all.

One of the oldest Jewish cemeteries in the city, it is now overgrown with an urban forest.

A retired subway car stands alone in a field in the middle of Queens.

Hordes of precariously balanced stone figures crowd the shores of the Hudson River.

The end of the 4 Line is also the end of the line for 300,000 souls in one of NYC's most illustrious cemeteries.

A beautiful, historic location open to the public.

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

The ruins of this former mining boomtown once housed over 3,000 people. Now, the population is two.

From a T-rex to a teapot, a cast of artificial fossils illustrates New Mexico's history.

Thousands of pieces of art have been carved into the rock at the site of an ancient volcanic eruption.

On the side of a remote mountain, a stone face bearing an inscription of mysterious origin.

This semi-spooky remnant of an abandoned hotel provides fantastic views.

The remains of a community that was forced to move for a dam that never materialized still rot in this Pennsylvania park.

These beautiful ruins deep in the Pennsylvania woods are thought to have been a ski lodge or a speakeasy, but no one really knows.

This abandoned Poconos resort is haunted by a history of kitschy romance and a violent fugitive.

This stone tower marks a lookout point over the historic Washington Crossing, and maybe some buried treasure.