If you were standing here on October 5th, 1950, you'd be dead.

Reclaimed by nature, the ruins of Doodletown, New York are remnants of a town consumed by a state park.

Hundreds of numbered stakes hidden in the woods mark the graves of the lost souls of a nearby asylum.

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

Decades after testing the polio vaccine on unwitting patients, this historic mental hospital sits in ruin.

The "Seinfeld" diner.

From scholastic to sepulchral - now under reconstruction.

A discreet little stairway on St. Nicholas Avenue leads to a quaint and unexpected cobblestone street of 19th century wooden rowhouses.

This outpost of America's most popular fast-food restaurant is housed inside a palatial mansion.

The abandoned grounds and derelict greenhouses of this once-magnificent Edwardian estate are now a nature preserve open for exploration.

A tribute to the hard-working men and women of Grumman, who crafted F-14 fighter jets.

The site of a tragic massacre that spawned a multimedia franchise.

Beneath the mossy overgrowth covering this once-sprawling campus lies decades of history and the secrets that come with it.

A restored Shell gas station from 1937 that includes a tow truck, the original gas pumps, and the original office.

A formerly abandoned mental institute, now back in business.

A historic lighthouse steeped in rumors of ghost and pirate stories.

The sweetest graveyard in the world is filled with headstones for dearly de-pinted ice cream flavors.