Tom Blank of Weird History explained how North Brother Island, which has a location on the East River that could have once been an incredibly valuable piece of real estate in New York City ...

He's collected some of the work in a book, "North Brother Island: The Last Unknown Place in New York City," and Payne has shared some photos from the project with us here. North Brother Island has ...

according to the New York Public Library. Just across the water on North Brother Island, the remains of a hospital used to treat quarantined patients of diseases like typhus, smallpox, and ...