The 5 Most Fascinating Off Limits Buildings in Utica

Likely the best known of Utica's grand off-limits buildings is Old Main at the Utica Psychiatric Center. The center has recently opened for a series of very popular tours.

Look at Hotel Utica from the outside and count the floors then get into the elevator and you'll notice the math doesn't add up. There are more floors to the building than what guests can access. What's the story behind those off-limits floors? The Haunts and Legends of New York crew set out to find out.

Never heard of the Clark Energy Center in Marcy? That's not a surprise as it's not a building the NYS Power Authority does much publicity around. But what might surprise you is that the site is considered the "hub" of the entire NYS power system with energy from 16 power plants moving across the state being shuffled to and fro through the high tension lines that converge in the hills north of Utica.

The Teamsters Building on Rutger Street on Utica's near East Side has gleaming glass facades and would not look out of place in any contemporary office park. But it sits alone and unused in an area better known for its historic mansions.