long island

Architecture

Gardens of Eden: 5 of Long Island’s 20th Century Planned Communities

If you close your eyes and picture Long Island’s suburbia, the neatly manufactured streets of Levittown often spring to

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rich murdocco Nov 19, 2015

Events

Tour Long Island’s Wine Country With the New York Adventure Club This Saturday

The wine industry of Long Island, New York has existed for a period of just over four decades and has

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Stephanie Geier Nov 10, 2015

Architecture

6 NYC Homes of the United Nations

Most New Yorkers are familiar with the United Nations headquarters located in Turtle Bay. Its International Style Secretariat and General

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Benjamin Waldman Oct 9, 2015

Architecture

Hog Island Near Rockaway Beach in Queens May Have Disappeared During NYC’s Hurricane of 1893

Image via Wikimedia Commons You’ve definitely heard of disappearing ships. Plenty of them do, given the amount of shipwrecks

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jinwoochong Jun 30, 2015

Architecture

Exploration at Execution Rocks Lighthouse in Long Island Sound [Photos]

Untapped Cities and New York Adventure Club took a group of 25 explorers to Execution Rocks Lighthouse this past weekend,

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Michelle Young Jun 15, 2015

Arts & Culture

Exploring the Ruins of the Abandoned Pilgrim Psychiatric Center on Long Island

All images via Matthew Christopher for Abandoned America As you may have heard before, American psychiatric hospitals in the early

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jinwoochong Jun 12, 2015

Architecture

NYC’s Cutest Lighthouse: The Stepping Stones Lighthouse

This is probably one of the most adorable lighthouses we’ve ever seen and we caught sight of it while

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Michelle Young Jun 10, 2015

Architecture

Uncover the Mystery of Long Island’s Abandoned Kings Park Psychiatric Center with Two New Videos

As you may know from last year’s Abandoned NYC video on Long Island’s own Kings Park Psychiatric Center,

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jinwoochong May 29, 2015

Arts & Culture

Explore Execution Rocks Lighthouse on an Untapped Cities and NY Adventure Club Tour

In Long Island Sound, not far from the Bronx highlights like City Island and Hart Island, is one of the

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Untapped New York May 19, 2015

Arts & Culture

This Former Nazi Neighborhood on Long Island with Adolf Hitler Street Still Exists

From the German Gardens street plan in Yaphank, Long Island, approved by the Town of Brookhaven in 1936 The United

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Michelle Young Apr 2, 2015

Architecture

Abandoned NYC Takes Us into Kings Park Psychiatric Hospital on Long Island

For those of you still unsure of the merits of crossing the fence to the world of the forgotten and

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Nicholas Reale Jun 19, 2014

Architecture

Rent this Lighthouse on Execution Rocks off Long Island for a Night!

New York City’s surrounding islands are always home to unique structures, from hospitals to now a lighthouse. On the

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spencer cohen Apr 8, 2014