The site where Poe "in great distress, and ... in need of immediate assistance" likely died.

This free, take-a-book shop seems like a trick but isn't.

An abandoned dollhouse factory.

A living antique aviation museum in the historic town of Red Hook, New York.

This giant monument of the RCA mascot is a beloved fixture in Albany, New York.

The oldest continuously inhabited street in America.

This stone gatehouse was once the entrance to a historic mountain resort, and it had a cameo in a cheesy cult horror movie.

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

"A hideous albatross in the Hudson River Valley."

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

The abandoned ruins of America's first private zoo are open for exploration in the Catskills.

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

Discovered by cows, these upstate New York show caves are presented with a healthy dose of psychedelic folk art.

One of the most enjoyable bits of history at Coney Island and “the most romantic ride in the world.”