One man's lifelong obsession with death.

This historic iron-working village is now a ghost town so immaculate that it looks as though it was recently built.

Rusting away on the edge of New Jersey are the remains of a Cold War missile launch site.

Memorial to the 137 lives lost on a ship fire, the whole hulk of which washed up on the Asbury Park shore.

Marie told fortunes from her small stand on the Boardwalk for decades, including to a young Bruce Springsteen who would busk outside her booth.

A Pythagorean funhouse that tries, successfully, to prove that math is the coolest thing ever.

One of only two commuter aerial tramways in the United States.

A DIY art gallery/music venue/lecture hall dedicated to video game culture.

A hands-on traveling collection of the innovative devices of yesteryear.

Underneath the bustling city streets, a hydroponic farm grows unique herbs in an urban oasis.

One Brooklyn man's collection of life-size fiberglass statues has taken over his entire yard.

This small, hidden cove is home to abandoned boats.

I fought the law and the precinct caved in.

A beautiful collection of architectural ornaments rescued from demolished New York City buildings.

Nature and beauty amidst pollution and industrial wreckage.

This interactive gallery makes you feel like you've stepped into a fantasy world filled with whimsical monsters.

An arcade packed with a rotating collection of unique independent video games.

Check out the underground party scene at the "Burning Man of Brooklyn."

Thriving meadows span a rooftop in one of Brooklyn's most heavily industrialized neighborhoods.

This collection of grinning ephemera has grown from basement to Brooklyn.

Tucked in a nondescript downtown Brooklyn mall is a bar containing a remarkable turn of the century anatomical wax collection last seen in 1920s Berlin.

This former Norwegian sailor's church is slowly being taken over by ramshackle robot musicians.

Sniff the Titan Arum's rotting flesh.

One of New York's best collections of pinball is hidden in a secret bar in the back of this laundromat.