I fought the law and the precinct caved in.

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

An Escher-inspired library dedicated to the wonders of the human mind, yet closed to the public.

Sniff the Titan Arum's rotting flesh.

A once crucial portion of the Long Island railroad still lays abandoned, waiting to be turned into an urban park.

A community farm in the midst of the Brooklyn concrete.

This tiny New Jersey village has lived many lives but seems determined to remain a ghost town.

Once a popular watering hole among longshoremen and shipyard workers, this neighborhood treasure spans more than 100 years of Red Hook history.

Come for the sustainable organic chocolate, stay for the sustainable organic booze.

“Invented in Key West, Perfected in Brooklyn."

A massive forgotten storehouse from 1913 on the Brooklyn Waterfront has a spectacular view of Brooklyn.

A modern zoetrope on the New York City subway.

The remnants of two World's Fairs are here, complete with a 12-story globe, a mini-Manhattan, and a UFO-shaped pavilion.

Read between the lines of the subway map to find the hidden abandoned Civil War fort.

Historic town settled in the 19th century because of its convenient location along a popular coal transport route.

Gang fights don't just happen on the streets, they happen under them too.

A posh members-only club with a literally dramatic history.

The loneliest island in New York.

The feral felines of Roosevelt Island have a small army of allies and an abandoned hospital all to themselves.

A three-story copper skybridge connects two Manhattan buildings with Art Deco luxury.

Read a book next to a Midtown waterfall.

The remains of a 19th century spring, and the site of an infamous unsolved murder.

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

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