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Speculator, New York

The Mini Route 66

The great American road trip, but smaller.
Rochester, New York

ARTISANworks

The floor-to-ceiling collection in an old factory is a unique alternative to stuffy galleries.
Rochester, New York

The George Eastman Museum

The home, museum, and death site of Kodak's influential founder.
Hobart, New York

Hobart Book Village

This small Catskills village has six independent bookstores and more bookshops than restaurants.
Oneida, New York

Cross Island Chapel

Possibly the smallest church in the world floats in the middle of a pond.
East Otto, New York

Griffis Sculpture Park

A collection of unique outdoor sculptures surounded by the beauty of nature.
Ithaca, New York

Gourdlandia

This art center is way beyond your average pumpkin-carving operation.
Rochester, New York

The National Toy Hall of Fame

A collection of the best toys ever made, The National Toy Hall of Fame is filled with kids, fun, and for some reason, a bird preserve.
Rome, New York

Erie Canal Village

A historic recreation of the golden age of the Erie Canal, abandoned for some time, slowly being restored.
Sleepy Hollow, New York

Headless Horseman Bridge

The real-life site of Ichabod Crane's infamous gourd attack.
Corning, New York

Corning Museum of Glass

Dedicated to the art and science of glass in equal measure, this space is as much laboratory as museum.
Niagara Falls, New York

Prophet Isaiah's Second Coming House

Quite possibly the last cross all humans will ever see.
Kerhonkson, New York

Gnome Chomsky

"Gnome Chomsky" was once the largest gnome in the world, but is now simply tall for his kind.
Wellesley Island, New York

Just Room Enough Island

This tiny little island has, as the name says, just enough room for its single house.
Kingston, New York

Four Corners

The only intersection in America where the buildings on all four corners were built pre-Revolutionary War.
Romulus, New York

Seneca White Deer

World's largest herd of white deer populate a former U.S. Army depot.
Rochester, New York

The White Lady's Castle

An old dining hall now serves up ghost stories for lusty locals.
New Windsor, New York

Storm King Art Center

100 massive sculptures in the Hudson River Valley.
Petersburg, New York

The Snow Hole

This locally-famous crevasse in New York State is icy all year round.
Ithaca, New York

Wilder Brain Collection

This collection started by a Cornell professor once held more than 600 human brain specimens, including the one that belonged to its founder.
Smyrna, New York

Wolf Mountain Nature Center

See wolves, coyotes, and arctic foxes in a natural environment smack in the middle of New York State.
Buffalo, New York

The Darwin D. Martin House

One of Frank Lloyd Wright's greatest—and favorite—architectural masterpieces was almost lost.
Pittsford, New York

Mushroom House of Rochester

Eclectic architecture in the woods of New York.
Niagara Falls, New York

Love Canal Containment Zone

Toxic waste disaster that founded the Superfund program.