Staten Island, New York
Willowbrook State School
Failed state-supported institution meant to rehabilitate students with intellectual disabilities.
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Brooklyn, New York
Reanimation Library
Obscure and obsolete publications are given new life as works of art.
Dobbs Ferry, New York
St. Cabrini Novitiate
This dilapidated castle-like structure overlooks the Hudson River at one of its widest points and was once home to nuns.
Speculator, New York
The Mini Route 66
The great American road trip, but smaller.
Pawling, New York
Akin Free Library
The attic and basement house two museums stuffed with oddities like swallowed spoon handles and a shrunken head.
Rochester, New York
The National Toy Hall of Fame
A collection of the best toys ever made inside a museum devoted to play.
Brooklyn, New York
Staten Island's Lost Subway Tunnel
An abandoned subway tunnel that could have reinvigorated Staten Island still lies somewhere beneath this Brooklyn park.
New York, New York
Delmonico's Pompeii Columns
Possible relics of the ancient Roman city are hidden in this restaurant's façade.
White Lake, New York
White Lake Mansion House Ruins
These mouldering mansion ruins remember a time when the Catskills were nothing but luxury.
Ticonderoga, New York
Star Trek Original Series Set Tour
A perfect replica of the beloved show's first set.
Hudson, New York
Olana
The Hudson River School comes alive at this palatial estate.
Beacon, New York
The Abandoned Dutch Reform Church Cemetery
This abandoned cemetery is crumbling into ruin, exposing the artifacts and bodies buried there.
Ithaca, New York
Cayuga Nature Center
A six-story treehouse offers spectacular views of New York's Finger Lakes region.
Rhinebeck, New York
Wilderstein Mansion
The life of one of FDR's possible mistresses is preserved in her palatial Hudson Valley mansion.
New York, New York
The Last Remnants of the Polo Grounds
A crumbling staircase in upper Manhattan is all that remains of one of the most important sites in sports history.
Queens, New York
Louis Armstrong House
The preserved house of a jazz legend still echoes with his music.
Bronx, New York
Bartow Station
A former connection to City Island, it has been abandoned since the 1930s.
Rochester, New York
The White Lady's Castle
An old dining hall now serves up ghost stories for lusty locals.
Staten Island, New York
Historic Richmond Town
A town trapped in time - 1958 to be exact.
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New York, New York
Durian NYC
The best place in New York to pick up the controversial, notoriously foul-smelling Asian "king of fruits."
Smyrna, New York
Wolf Mountain Nature Center
See wolves, coyotes, and arctic foxes in a natural environment smack in the middle of New York State.
Buffalo, New York
Abandoned Wonder Bread Factory
A forsaken wonder in the middle of the East Side neighborhood.
Romulus, New York
Seneca White Deer
World's largest herd of white deer populate a former U.S. Army depot.
Kingston, New York
Four Corners
The only intersection in America where the buildings on all four corners were built pre-Revolutionary War.
