This small Catskills village has six independent bookstores and more bookshops than restaurants.

This stone gatehouse was once the entrance to a historic mountain resort, and it had a cameo in a cheesy cult horror movie.

A perfect replica of the beloved show's first set.

The life of one of FDR's possible mistresses is preserved in her palatial Hudson Valley mansion.

These mouldering mansion ruins remember a time when the Catskills were nothing but luxury.

An abandoned Gold Coast-era mansion once intended for the exiled ruler of Albania, who never arrived.

In the middle of suburban Staten Island, a nearly 150-year-old bakery is preserving the art of a disappearing New York treat.

The abandoned grounds and derelict greenhouses of this once-magnificent Edwardian estate are now a nature preserve open for exploration.

New York City's only radical feminist independent bookstore.

A castle built for love, and abandoned due to heartbreak.

Not even a series of devastating fires could keep this odd castle in upstate New York from bouncing back.

This Central New York ghost town was once a prosperous railroad community.

A no-frills cinephile haven known for showing offbeat, underseen films.

The library of every book lover's dreams.

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

Reclaimed by nature, the ruins of Doodletown, New York are remnants of a town consumed by a state park.

One man's swirling six-acre monument of stone.

A hyper-luxurious, 12,000- square foot home might be buried beneath Queens, still waiting to protect you from nuclear missiles.

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.

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

An abandoned asylum where patients have been forgotten but their possessions remain.

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

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