Heather Quinlan's User Profile - Atlas Obscura

Heather Quinlan

I’m a writer/ filmmaker who's producing and directing a documentary about a paved-over African-American cemetery on Staten Island called "Staten Island Graveyard." Previously, I produced and directed "If These Knishes Could Talk: The Story of the New York Accent." In November 2020 my book, "Plagues, Pandemics and Viruses: From the Plague of Athens to COVID-19", was published by Visible Ink Press. I'm a native New Yorker who's lived in all five boroughs and now lives in New Jersey.

https://www.heathercue.com/

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Staten Island, New York

Fresh Kills Landfill

One-time largest man-made structure in the world will be a park in 30 years.

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Staten Island, New York

Tugboat Graveyard

Final resting place of two dozen New York City harbor ships.

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Staten Island, New York

Historic Richmond Town

A town trapped in time - 1958 to be exact.

Hannah Frishberg

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Staten Island, New York

Remains of Fort Wadsworth

Once America's longest-manned military fort, now an abandoned hulk.

Staten Island, New York

The New York City Farm Colony

The haunting, dilapidated remains of a former poorhouse on Staten Island's Greenbelt.

Hannah Frishberg

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Edinburgh, Scotland

The Witchery

Near the former site of numerous witch burnings, this lavish Edinburgh mainstay pays homage to Scotland's brutal history.

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Asbury Park, New Jersey

Asbury Park Casino and Carousel House

Vacant Beaux-Arts buildings that serve as reminders of a beach town’s glory days.

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Brooklyn, New York

Green-Wood Cemetery

A Victorian cemetery in the heart of Brooklyn remains a popular mecca of morbid curiosity.

Molly McBride Jacobson

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New York, New York

Old City Hall Station

A beautiful and abandoned New York subway station from 1904, complete with chandelier.

Rebekah Otto

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New York, New York

Unicorn Tapestries at the Cloisters

Mysterious 500-year-old tapestries depict a unicorn hunt.

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