How to Make a Subway Map with John Tauranac
Hear from an author and map designer who has been creating maps of the NYC subway, officially and unofficially, for over forty years!
Discover abandoned spaces in NYC and beyond! From decommissioned subway stations, to abandoned estates and more! Some of those spaces are legally accessible, like the abandoned contagious disease hospital on Ellis Island where we organize hard hat tours weekly... a one of a kind experience!
New York State is home to some of the most beautiful mansions in our country. One estate in particular, Lyndhurst
Vintage car fanatics, pickers, and film geeks alike would find treasure in the 12-acre trash wonderland at Wade’s Salvage
“The enjoyment of scenery employs the mind without fatigue and yet exercises it; tranquilizes it and yet enlivens it.“ Frederick
Hart Island has long been an obscured and out-of-reach location for most New Yorkers. Located in the Long Island Sound
The remains of America’s first and largest privately-owned zoo – the Old Game Farm are situated in the Catskill Region
In 1929, Sea View Hospital was in crisis. The now-partially abandoned Staten Island medical facility was experiencing a mass exodus
Reflective puddles on a concrete floor, colorful graffiti art, detritus from the 20th century, and worn brick walls of 150-year-old
The 29-building hospital complex on the lesser-traveled south side of Ellis Island is a unique attraction in New York City.
In 1940, P.A.B. Widener II opined that “the days of America’s privately owned treasure houses are over.
Nestled off the trails of the Sunny Ridge Preserve in Ossining, New York, lie the remains of the ‘ELDA’ estate.
The landmarked, 19th-century William Ulmer Brewery in Bushwick, Brooklyn has sat vacant for nearly fifty years, but that’s about
The New York City subway is an ever-evolving network of stations and tracks that snake below the city streets. First
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