An abandoned dollhouse factory.

An off the grid woodland retreat that harkens back to days long forgotten.

Launch vegetables using oversized slingshots at this Fingerlakes winery's roadside attraction.

This former hub for crafty philosophers was founded by a writer who died aboard the infamous RMS Lusitania.

Etchings in a pile of boulders on the Long Island Sound are a monument to vanquished native peoples.

The shared home of a utopian commune that practiced "free love" a century before the hippies.

This landmark building is now a vibrant performing arts space with musical acts from around the world.

A 19th century hat factory still stands as a crumbling ruin in upstate New York.

Crammed into several rooms of a Staten Island home, this museum is a vodka-soaked paean to the pleasures of drinking.

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.

A replica of a 7th-century church hides in plain sight in the middle of the concrete jungle.

All that remains of a magnate's dream home is a historic gate and an abandoned public pool.

This small road tunnel is the only place where you can cross beneath the Erie Canal.

A mysterious air force base built to resemble a Long Island fishing village.

Historical figures from New York City's Catholic community reside in Midtown.

This dilapidated castle-like structure overlooks the Hudson River at one of its widest points and was once home to nuns.

The attic and basement house two museums stuffed with oddities like swallowed spoon handles and a shrunken head.

An isolated beacon with a history of grisly murder and a view of some of literature's greatest inspirations.

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

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

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

America's oldest Eastern European synagogue provided the immigrants of crowded Lower East Side tenements a space of sanctuary.

This old cement mine has been used as everything from a mushroom farm to a recording studio.