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Staten Island, New York

Fresh Kills Landfill

One-time largest man-made structure in the world will be a park in 30 years.

Calvary Cemetery

Queens, New York

Calvary Cemetery

Holding the most bodies of any cemetery in the United States.

Chapel of the Holy Cross

Sedona, Arizona

Chapel of the Holy Cross

A spiritual vortex among the red rocks in Sedona.

Friends Quaker Cemetery

Brooklyn, New York

Friends Quaker Cemetery

19th century cemetery hidden in Brooklyn's Prospect Park.

Faneuil Hall

Boston, Massachusetts

Faneuil Hall

A former waterfront market is now in the center of town due to some interesting Boston engineering.

Red Hook Houses

Brooklyn, New York

Red Hook Houses

One of the largest public housing complexes in New York once visited by Eleanor Roosevelt.

First Shearith Israel Graveyard

New York, New York

First Shearith Israel Graveyard

Revolutionary War casualties fill the only 17th century structure remaining in Manhattan.

The Brooklyn Old Trolley Cars on the Beard Street Pier. (Wikimedia Commons)
Permanently Closed

Brooklyn, New York

Brooklyn Old Trolley Cars

Four cars from the old system were once on display, but were removed in 2014.

Venice of America Canals

Los Angeles, California

Venice of America Canals

After starting as a whimsical tourist attraction that eventually found its way to ruin, these renovated canals offer a lush and exotic locale on the Pacific Coast.

Overgrown headstones at the Unitarian Cemetery.

Charleston, South Carolina

Unitarian Church Cemetery

Paths are maintained, but trees have taken over plots.

Swirling keys on Mortillaro's shop. (acetonic/Flickr)

New York, New York

Greenwich Locksmith

Phil Mortillaro uses keys to bring art back to the Village.

Bunker at Cape May Point. (Andriy Boychuk)

Cape May, New Jersey

Bunker At Cape May Point

World War II bunker still standing on the New Jersey beach.

Wall Street Bombing Scars

New York, New York

Wall Street Bombing Scars

Unrepaired walls from a 1920 anarchist bomb attack.

Bombay Beach, California. (Wikimedia Commons)

Bombay Beach, California

Bombay Beach

Version of the French Riviera destroyed by the sea.

A boat being serviced using a dry dock. (amberjol/Flickr)

Brooklyn, New York

The Brooklyn Navy Yard

A decommissioned military complex that's now a modern industrial park.

Magic Garden

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Philadelphia's Magic Gardens

A layered tribute to the work of mosaicist Isaiah Zagar.

Jeffrey's Hook Light

New York, New York

Jeffrey's Hook Light

Little Red Lighthouse under the George Washington Bridge.

India Street Pier

Brooklyn, New York

India Street Pier

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

Clifton's Gates of Hell

Clifton, New Jersey

Clifton's Gates of Hell

Series of storm drains connected to a dark urban legend.

The type of plane that was found in the reservoir

Chula Vista, California

Lower Otay Reservoir

The American rainmaker and a burst dam.

Old North Church

Boston, Massachusetts

Old North Church

The site of Paul Revere's historic two lantern warning.

Salvation Mountain

Calipatria, California

Salvation Mountain

A hand-built folk art installation covered with messages of God's love.

39 to 45 Greenpoint Avenue (at center of view)

Brooklyn, New York

Brooklyn's Converted Pencil Factory

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

Mechanics and Traders Bank

Brooklyn, New York

Mechanics and Traders Bank

Ornate "Renaissance Revival" style building.

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