Where one of the worst train disasters in the country took place, leading to upgrades in rail safety.

This high-perched pachyderm marks the memory of not one, but two elephants gunned down in small New England towns.

At this farm in upstate New York, the former president plotted his reelection campaign.

What remains of the simple red brick chapel where the women's rights movement began.

This peaceful gem in upstate New York was chosen as the future home of the 14th Dalai Lama's Library and Museum.

The largest Buddha statue in the Western Hemisphere is just 50 miles north of NYC.

The dairy farm in upstate New York where nearly half a million people gathered for three days of peace and music in 1969.

A millionaire's abandoned swimming pool from the gilded age of one of America's most distinguished families.

Possibly the smallest church in the world floats in the middle of a pond.

A plaque immortalizes the spot where the early American spy said his famous last words: "I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country."

These mouldering mansion ruins remember a time when the Catskills were nothing but luxury.

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

This was one of the first (and last) university-built and operated nuclear reactors.

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

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

A forsaken wonder in the middle of the East Side neighborhood.

Come for the waffles, stay for more waffles.

Protecting the future of some of the rarest and most misunderstood mammals of North America.

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

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

A once grand hotel is being retaken by the wilderness it once capitalized on.

One of the first commercially successful anthracite-powered iron-making operations in North America.

A well-preserved example of an early industrial operation in the northeastern United States.

The site of a tragedy in 1908 that claimed the lives of 171 people and changed fire safety laws across the state.