Fossilized sea bottom and lime quarry.

The schoolhouse where Jesse Merwin, the inspiration for the "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" character, once taught.

A beautiful multicolored mound formed by the mineral deposits of the Orenda Spring.

Glacial erratic or man-made dolmen? It probably wasn't druids.

The first American home of the isolated, egalitarian religion has a trove of Shaker architecture and artifacts.

The real-life site of Ichabod Crane's infamous gourd attack.

This lovely little pond is named after the hundreds of soldiers' corpses that were rolled into the waters during the French-Indian War.

The oldest continuously inhabited street in America.

The great American road trip, but smaller.

Pluto is still considered a planet in Ithaca, New York.

Play heads or tails with thousands of different coins.

This art center is way beyond your average pumpkin-carving operation.

This abandoned cemetery is crumbling into ruin, exposing the artifacts and bodies buried there.

Come for the waffles, stay for more waffles.

"A hideous albatross in the Hudson River Valley."

100 massive sculptures in the Hudson River Valley.

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

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

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

The rough and tumble president's childhood home displays the shirt he was once shot in and the speech that saved him.

Oldest existing church in New York and the inspiration for Washington Irving's "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow."

Visit the monolithic tomb of America's most famous general.

Pulled from the rubble of one of the worst modern tragedies, a steel crossbeam became a symbol of hope for New Yorkers.

Walk a trail through a historic Quaker town that outlawed slavery in 1777 and was a major waypoint on the Underground Railroad.