Blighted Irish field and the ruins of a 19th-century cottage on the edge of urban Manhattan.

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

An arcade packed with a rotating collection of unique independent video games.

The end of the 4 Line is also the end of the line for 300,000 souls in one of NYC's most illustrious cemeteries.

A bit of retro transportation flair preserved in the world's largest department store.

During the holidays, a vintage subway train whisks New Yorkers back in time.

A natural gas leak provides a flickering flame beneath a waterfall.

This empty Victorian manse on Staten Island is said to be haunted but is actually a real life crime scene.

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

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

A restaurant on Staten Island showcases a different grandmother’s cooking every night.

Elevated freight railway turned wildly successful urban park.

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

A treasure trove of artifacts, books, and artwork from the "golden age" of exploration.

A crumbling hospital from the 1850s on Roosevelt Island.

A terrific purveyor of natural history objects and curios.

A beautiful and abandoned New York subway station from 1904, complete with chandelier.

A formerly abandoned mental institute, now back in business.

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.

Hundreds of glow-in-the-dark objects light up a museum in a historic zinc mine.