A 60-foot-tall tower provides unparalleled views of the southern Green Mountains.

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

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

Abandoned rock quarry now a haven for mountain bikers and hikers.

Hike deep into the woods to explore this Gilded Age masterpiece.

The first evidence of some of the Earth's earliest life was found in this fossilized undersea grotto.

This once luxurious Catskills resort is now a haunting ruin.

This exhibit allows visitors to wander through the interior of a replica Ice Age glacial cave.

Teddy Roosevelt’s famous “midnight ride to the presidency" started at this small lake high up in the Adirondacks.

The summit Roosevelt conquered before he descended to become The Chief.

A fictional town that was briefly brought to life before fading once again out of existence.

The rustic think-space of famed naturalist John Burroughs stands exactly as he left it.

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

The largest known open fault in the United States is basically a giant natural refrigerator.

A sewing machine tycoon built this miniature castle for the people and to beautify a lakeshore.

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

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

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

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

This small, hidden cove is home to abandoned boats.

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

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

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

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