A dark, dank room in subterranean Manhattan was the site of a ghastly murder.

The loneliest island in New York.

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

First a horse rendering plant, then a 19th century landfill, this beach is full of glass from thousands upon thousands of broken bottles.

A once grand hotel is being retaken by the wilderness it once capitalized on.

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.

A natural gas leak provides a flickering flame beneath a waterfall.

One of the last Jazz Age "Wonder Theaters" in New York City.

This ruined fort hidden at the top of Central Park can't seem to keep from losing its historical plaques.

Nondescript elevator doors open to reveal a stunning, surreal world.

The oldest surviving synagogue in New York City is now a soaring art space.

The haunting, dilapidated remains of a former poorhouse on Staten Island's Greenbelt.

Home to the infamous "Typhoid Mary" and the worst loss of life in New York's history prior to September 11, 2001.

Sniff the Titan Arum's rotting flesh.

Hidden in an ordinary Midtown building is a one-room museum dedicated to the greatest escape artist.

The name of this famed hospital was once a byword for the horrors of medical and psychiatric care.

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

This whimsical group of statues is a favorite of children who love to climb all over Lewis Carroll's beloved characters.

Become a prohibition rebel.

A stunning, two-tiered waterfall made famous by poets, artists and the legend of a ghost dog.

Hidden in Central Park's Ramble is a troublesome cave buried just beneath the surface.

Read a book next to a Midtown waterfall.

Under a glass sidewalk lie the remains of some of Manhattan's oldest buildings.

Order scoops of pandan, lychee, and black sesame at this family-run institution.