A crumbling hospital from the 1850s on Roosevelt Island.

Slyly buy a shake in the Parker Meridien lobby.

Long the exclusive domain of birds and vagabonds, this little-known Central Park peninsula is open to the public once more.

Tucked away amidst some of the most famous addresses in the world is New York's only fraction of a street.

Discover the taste of mold.

One of the last full-orchestra recording studios in New York City and an acoustical marvel.

Wine bottle sculpture with a ship's stateroom inside.

Manhattan’s Battery Park has a whimsical carousel full of spinning, glowing fish.

This Queens hospital has stood abandoned for almost 20 years after its patients were secretly relocated in the dead of night.

This abandoned seaside fortress is now simply an imposing ruin being taken back by nature.

The home of aviation trailblazers, in a remote corner of the big city.

Come for the pastrami, stay for the million-dollar art.

This preserved wilderness hides the remains of a colonial grain mill used to feed George Washington's troops.

This small, hidden cove is home to abandoned boats.

Waterway populated with abandoned projects, including a submarine.

The flagship building of an early national restaurant chain is a superb example of terra cotta art.

The famed amusement district marks the beginning of summer with a wild procession of nautical creatures.

New York's southernmost subway station is whimsically wavy.

This outdoor gallery of graffiti-covered walls pays homage to the past, present, and possible future of street art.

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

Dedicated to the art and science of glass in equal measure, this space is as much laboratory as museum.

The little-known final resting place of one of America's greatest writers.

The wooden octagon in which Huckleberry Finn and A Connecticut Yankee were born can still be visited in upstate New York.

This local landmark is home to art galleries and the area's only community darkroom.