Atlas Obscura recently joined us for a tour of the now abandoned immigrant hospital on Ellis Island, and sent us a video inside the facility. We offer tours of the ...

The 29-building hospital complex on the lesser-traveled south side of Ellis Island is a unique attraction in New York City. While most visitors head straight for the immigration museum, on the other ...

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 ...

Between 1892 and 1954, most immigrants arriving in the United States passed through New York’s Ellis Island control center. For those fleeing poverty and war, the “island of tears” was also an island ...

Teenaged filmmakers row out to Ellis Island in 1974, then return 50 years later. As teenagers in 1974 Phil Buehler and Steve Siegel rowed out to explore the ruins of Ellis Island. They made a film, ...

A wall of scaffolding is surrounding one of the nation’s most treasured national monuments this Fourth of July. The scaffolding surrounding part of Ellis Island is visible from Liberty State Park, a ...

ventured out in a rowboat to make a 16 mm film about an abandoned space nearby: Ellis Island. In the early 1970s, two high school filmmakers ventured out in a rowboat to make a 16 mm film about an ...

The good ship Yankee has had many names in her 118 years: Machigonne, Dida, Hook Mountain and League Island. She served in the Navy during both world wars, and has been a tour boat for Lady Liberty.