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Bannerman's Castle

Collapsing castle on the Hudson river was once the storage site of military surplus business.

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Zelda Fitzgerald's Abandoned Sanatorium

The abandoned husk of a mental institution that failed to save a Jazz Age icon still sits nearly unchanged.

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Dennings Point Ruins

This abandoned factory on the Hudson River once churned out a million bricks a week.

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The Abandoned Dutch Reform Church Cemetery

This abandoned cemetery is crumbling into ruin, exposing the artifacts and bodies buried there.

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Ruins of the Mount Beacon Incline Railway

The remains of what was once the world's steepest passenger funicular.

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Old Beacon Hat Mill

A 19th century hat factory still stands as a crumbling ruin in upstate New York.

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Ruins of the Cornish Estate

A ruined mansion hidden in the woods of the Hudson Valley, home of a tragically doomed romance.

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