Panorama exhibition hall in old silent theater with a beautiful backyard garden.

Failed state-supported institution meant to rehabilitate students with intellectual disabilities.

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

Along the Palisades skyline are the ruins of a large mansion built in 1911 and demolished in the 1930s.

Self-sufficient greenhouse floating on the Hudson River.

This small and serene place for quiet reflection on Staten Island was built in China based on the gardens of the Ming Dynasty.

One of the most enjoyable bits of history at Coney Island and “the most romantic ride in the world.”

An oasis of calm amid the chaos of the boardwalk, the museum traces the heritage of this beloved beachside amusement park.

A former seaside jewel built for the everyman is now simply a neglected art deco fortress.

Waterway populated with abandoned projects, including a submarine.

This Queens hospital has stood abandoned for almost 20 years after its patients were secretly relocated in the dead of night.

World Trade Center memorial likened to a woman's sexual organ.

Seven golden statues rise into the sky from sculptor Victor Victori's New Jersey front lawn.

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

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

The home of aviation trailblazers, in a remote corner of the big city.

A World War II-era submarine is stuck in the mud in New Jersey.

A working monastery hidden away in Brooklyn once abutted the location of a former inebriate's home.

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

Come for the pastrami, stay for the million-dollar art.

An easy to overlook storefront hides some of the most authentic and regionally diverse Chinese food in New York.

Brooklyn's Barkaloo Cemetery is the resting place of a scant two bodies.

An abandoned subway tunnel that could have reinvigorated Staten Island still lies somewhere beneath this Brooklyn park.

Empty, but not abandoned, this cavernous Brooklyn loading dock was once considered the largest individual building in the world.