A Parks Department official scours the shoreline looking for vessels that owners left behind. There are hundreds of them.

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But why not throw something else into the mix by visiting some eerie yet fascinating abandoned castles ... but those were eventually cleared out and New York State acquired the island in the ...

Imagine that one of New York City's many islands became abandoned, and you came back to see what it looked like 50 years later. It’s hard to visualize. However, the place would likely be ...