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Abandoned on the Palisades: The Ruins of Cliffdale Manor
For the past couple weeks, I’ve been scouting the Rockland County area, and every time I drive the Palisades north… …I notice this strange castle-like structure whiz past out my window: Clearly the ruins of something, it kept bugging me each time I drove by until finally, I had to stop and figure out what…
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1970’s Porno Reveals Long Gone West Village Gas Station! (100% work safe)
For the longest time, I’ve wondered about that odd little building at the corner of Commerce Street and Seventh Avenue South. Shaped like a triangle, it occupies one of the weirdest plots of land in New York… …and even has one of the few white picket fences in the city! 46 Seventh Ave South was…
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The Coolest Locksmith Shop in New York City
Chances are, you’ve noticed Greenwich Locksmiths in your travels through the West Village. It occupies a small storefront just south of Commerce Street on one of the stranger parcels of land in Manhattan… And though it’s been in business since 1968, it really hasn’t changed all that much. Compare the recent picture above to one…
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Scouting An Abandoned Mental Asylum: A Visit To The Rockland Psychiatric Center, Part 1
I gotta admit, when I see a pair of worn iron gates… …what looks like an abandoned property in the distance… …and the side entrance slightly ajar… …ancient, rusted-over NO TRESPASSING signs might as well say ENTER HERE. What I didn’t realize is that these gates surround a massive, 600 acre insane asylum from the…