It was once known as the gateway to the land of the free, but like everything else in this world, Ellis Island had a darkness to it too. From infectious and contagious disease hosptial wards, autopsy ...
The over 100-year-old hospital complex on Ellis Island has been abandoned for over 60 years and this weekend, Untapped Cities is taking you behind-the-scenes on a hard hat tour! Explore the contagious ...
While Ellis Island has become one of New York City’s top tourist attractions, drawing over two million visitors per year, the 22-building South Side hospital complex is hidden in plain sight, just to ...
On Sept. 18, 1956, an ad in The Wall Street Journal attracted considerable attention. The federal General Services Administration announced that it was “now authorized to offer one of the most famous ...
An immigrant family on the dock at Ellis Island, 1925. (Photo by Bettmann / Getty) At the beginning of the 20th century, one of the easiest ways to get marked for deportation at Ellis Island was ...