abandoned

While the economy has been booming all over WNY, everything isn't peaches and cream based on the number of deserted buildings around.

If you've ever wanted to explore an entire abandoned neighborhood in Upstate New York, you're a few years too late to see the houses located at Woodhaven Park.

popular TLC show American Choppers abandoned headquarters in Newburgh. Take a look

The famous Thousand Islands mansion that has sat abandoned for more than 70 years is getting new life. Renovations on the crumbling castle are finally underway, making way for a beautiful bed and breakfast.

Water Slide World, one of the first water slide parks in the country, has been transformed from a summer tourist destination in Lake George, New York to a year-round living destination. See inside the abandoned water park that is no more.

Building 23 at the Pilgrim State Hospital was the site of thousands of crude, 45-minute, brain surgery procedures known as a lobotomy.

What was once a beautiful village in Upstate New York is now a town filled with empty buildings. Have you heard of Parksville located in Central New York?

NY mob boss John Gotti's mansion sits abandoned in Old Westbury with many possessions still inside. The Gotti compound boasts a main house, a pool/guest house, a garage, a horse stable with an unfinished in-law apartment, an overgrown basketball court, and a triple-level hot tub/pool/swim-up bar. This was the mansion that Gotti's daughter Victoria called home with her 3 sons John, Carmine, and Frank. They filmed the reality show "Growing Up Gotti" here for 3 seasons in 2004 and 2005. After the feds raided the mansion in 2016, it has laid dormant with a lot of possessions left behind. What trespassers found was something no one expected. A hidden room behind a built-in bookshelf. Check it out!

Every abandoned property has its story to tell and this is the story of the Nevele Grand Hotel in the Catskills of New York State.

Hunting for the paranormal? These are 50 of the most haunted places that you'll find in all of New York State!