Governors Island

Apparently we're not the only ones who find the pretty, desolate grounds of Governors Island both appealing and creepy. Earlier this month zombies took over the former military base, just a mile away from the tip of Manhattan, as part of a movie / art installation, and earlier still the national monument was the site of Prince Harry's polo match.

On the day we visited we saw neither brains-craving undead nor royalty, just acres of empty space and abandoned buildings, filled with the spirits of those who once inhabited them.