A terrific purveyor of natural history objects and curios.

An old abandoned mining town in The Adirondacks where Theodore Roosevelt first learned of the shooting of President William McKinley.

Abandoned 19th century homes once occupied by naval officers, soon to be demolished.

This abandoned ironworks was once the most important military supplier in America.

This old cement mine has been used as everything from a mushroom farm to a recording studio.

A retired subway car stands alone in a field in the middle of Queens.

This demolished goliath of American industry once loomed over the depressed town it once made thrive.

Behind a grungy bodega facade, a Poblano family serves rich, home-cooked meals.

Just your average Marie Antoinette–themed speakeasy in an abandoned 19th-century subway tunnel.

This family-owned bakery is one of the last places in Brooklyn to sell the Nation of Islam–inspired bean pie.

This mosaic dedicated to John Lennon was tended for years by a Beatles super-fan.

This former Norwegian sailor's church is slowly being taken over by ramshackle robot musicians.

Read a book next to a Midtown waterfall.

A semi-scholarly approach to sex.

Headquarters of the legendary clairvoyant's readings, spiritual hospital, and massage school.

An abandoned castle owned and ignored by Masons carries a cursed history.