This is the house that spite built.

Failed state-supported institution meant to rehabilitate students with intellectual disabilities.

The haunting, dilapidated remains of a former poorhouse on Staten Island's Greenbelt.

New York's southernmost subway station is whimsically wavy.

I fought the law and the precinct caved in.

Waterway populated with abandoned projects, including a submarine.

Empty, but not abandoned, this cavernous Brooklyn loading dock was once considered the largest individual building in the world.

An abandoned subway tunnel that could have reinvigorated Staten Island still lies somewhere beneath this Brooklyn park.

Once America's longest-manned military fort, now an abandoned hulk.

Final resting place of two dozen New York City harbor ships.

A jewel of early electric boosterism once again charms Connecticut's historic "Hat City."

The intriguing personal collection of a professional demon-chaser.

This headstone-like marker inscribed with three words has been an utter mystery for over a century.

A tiny monument to the classic American candy.

The remnants of a Gilded Age elegance preserved in the middle of a stark modern tower.

Walk over a 150 year old manhole.

A former insane asylum despised by Nelly Bly and Charles Dickens is now fashionable apartments.

A celebration of capitalism in Midtown.

There's a piece of New York City transportation history hidden in plain sight at a Manhattan subway stop.

Manhattan's Thirteenth Avenue was made on landfill then deliberately destroyed — apart from one small, obscure block.

A well-worn marker in a forgotten alleyway is all that remains of what had been one of Manhattan's most beautiful buildings.

This abandoned subway station can still be seen on regular commuter trips.

These ornate manhole covers were used for a now-forgotten purpose.

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