This house was the subject of an Edward Hopper painting, which in turn helped inspire the design of the Bates house in Alfred Hitchcock's 'Psycho.'

This forlorn park is the result of a failed investment turned tax dodge.

The largest Buddha statue in the Western Hemisphere is just 50 miles north of NYC.

A 19th century hat factory still stands as a crumbling ruin in upstate New York.

This abandoned cemetery is crumbling into ruin, exposing the artifacts and bodies buried there.

The remains of what was once the world's steepest passenger funicular.

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

A ruined mansion hidden in the woods of the Hudson Valley, home of a tragically doomed romance.

This once-grand marvel of engineering is now 41 miles of scenic hiking trail.

One of the earliest bowling lanes in the U.S. doubled as a sewing school during a time when women had little job opportunity.

An abandoned horticulture institute gloomily presides over rows of derelict and vine-wrought greenhouses.

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

A peaceful international sculpture garden in upstate New York.

The real-life site of Ichabod Crane's infamous gourd attack.

Oldest existing church in New York and the inspiration for Washington Irving's "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow."

The home of one of America's most wealthy industrialists is now a historic site that remembers a more decadent time in the country's history.

This whimsically unique butterfly farm focuses solely on creating habitats for the gentle insects.

An abandoned asylum once on the cutting edge of lobotomies may be reborn as a Christian college.

This natural rock "church" might not be a proper chapel but that doesn't mean it's not beautiful.

What was once a trend-setting, phrase-coining icon of architectural splendor is now a rotting, forgotten hulk.