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

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

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

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

This abandoned factory on the Hudson River once churned out a million bricks a week.

This dilapidated castle-like structure overlooks the Hudson River at one of its widest points and was once home to nuns.

Reforestation in action is the main attraction in this abandoned quarry.

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

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

Wall Street has a new heroine, a bronze statue of a small but fierce girl.

A celebration of capitalism in Midtown.

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

This isolated community does not want you to visit.

This mouldering abandoned mental hospital was once a center for progressive healing.

An abandoned dollhouse factory.

The largest known open fault in the United States is basically a giant natural refrigerator.

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

Protecting the future of some of the rarest and most misunderstood mammals of North America.