Surprisingly aquamarine waters fill deep lakes formed at the end of the last ice age.

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

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

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

Why have you never heard of the second most popular tourist site in New York?

An abandoned 19th century quarry in the middle of the woods, remade by unnamed wanderers into a massive series of rock thrones.

This tiny church near Sleepy Hollow contains Henri Matisse's last work, a rose window, and nine windows by Marc Chagall.

The mummified relics of an American missionary.

An abandoned Gold Coast-era mansion once intended for the exiled ruler of Albania, who never arrived.

This sandstone gorge in New York State's Adirondack Mountains is home to waterfalls, flumes, and more.

An old abandoned mining town in The Adirondacks where Theodore Roosevelt first learned of the shooting of President William McKinley.

New York City's only radical feminist independent bookstore.

This natural rock "church" might not be a proper chapel but that doesn't mean it's not beautiful.

The world's largest kaleidoscope, designed by a 1960s psychedelic artist.

A castle built for love, and abandoned due to heartbreak.

A massive forgotten storehouse from 1913 on the Brooklyn Waterfront has a spectacular view of Brooklyn.

The world's largest collection of materials relating to lesbian history is housed in a Brooklyn townhouse.

A six-story treehouse offers spectacular views of New York's Finger Lakes region.

Not even a series of devastating fires could keep this odd castle in upstate New York from bouncing back.

Holding the most bodies of any cemetery in the United States.

A beautiful collection of architectural ornaments rescued from demolished New York City buildings.

Nature and beauty amidst pollution and industrial wreckage.

Three acres of mythology-inspired sculptures are visible from the highway.

A winding, cliffside stretch of road overlooking the Delaware River.