Explore the Ruins Of This Abandoned New York Estate

More than 70 years ago a ruthless dictator from Albania, King Zog, purchased the 150-acre Knollwood Estate in Muttontown, New York. In it's prime this granite estate featured 60 rooms filled with Zog's riches. Some say there are valuable still hidden on the grounds of the now demolished mansion.

Let's explore the ruins of this once majestic home. What will we discover? Let's see.

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Although King Zog never lived at the Knollwood Estate it is said that he used the property as a place to hide valuables, and much of his fortune, in the walls of the estate. Over the years explorers have made their way to the property to see if anything is left to discover.

What you are about to see is what is left following the demolition of the main building in the 1950's. The garden walls still stand and the grand dual-staircase leading to the mansion are now covered in graffiti. The picture below is King Zog.

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Today the land where the Knollwood Estate once stood is owned by the Muttontown Preserve. You can access the ruins via the nature walk. The Winthrop Mansion and the pre-Revolutionary Duryea Farm are also part of the preserve.

Explore the Ruins of New York's Knollwood Mansion

These are the New York mansion ruins once owned by the exiled King Zog of Albania. This ruthless, chain-smoking dictator purchased the Knollwood Estate on Long Island in 1951 but never lived there. The sixty-room estate was never occupied and eventually fell into ruin. Zog sold the estate in 1955 and this is what it looks like today.

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New York Mob Boss John Gotti's Abandoned Mansion with Secret Room Discovered!

WARNING: Under no circumstances should you enter this property. By doing so you risk bodily harm and/or prosecution for trespassing on private property.

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!

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LOOK! Abandoned Orange County Chopper HQs in Newburgh-TLC's 'American Chopper'

WARNING: Under no circumstances should you enter this property. By doing so you risk bodily harm and/or prosecution for trespassing on private property.

In 2003, a father-son business reality show hit the Discovery Channel. It was called American Chopper and it followed the custom motorcycle-building business of the Teutul family out of Newburgh, NY. Paul Sr. owned the shop with sons Paul Jr. and Mikey working in the business. There was a slew of cast and characters. The center of the show wasn't just the amazing custom motorcycles built for celebrities and others, it was the volatile relationship between Sr. and Jr. The show ran for 12 seasons before the two could no longer get along. It ended up in lawsuits and the two not talking for ten-plus years. In the past few years, the business moved to Florida. This left the 61,000-square-foot headquarters for sale and abandoned. Take a look at what remains of Orange County Choppers.

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