The poet's been ambling through these New York woods since 1940.

Staten Island's original central park is the former home of the city water supply as well as thousands of immigrant graves.

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

Curtiss is a forgotten figure in the early history of flight.

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

The private island of Yale's elite Skull & Bones society is kind of a dump.

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

The remains of what was once the world's steepest passenger funicular.

Two monstrous warehouses. One now holds priceless works of art, the other stands abandoned and dilapidated.

Fossilized sea bottom and lime quarry.

Eight whimsical acres of metal art.

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

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

Reforestation in action is the main attraction in this abandoned quarry.

This sprawling woodland estate was the brainchild of iconic American industrial designer Russel Wright.

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

An unassuming island in the middle of the Hudson that hosts campers, including Aleister Crowley.

A hamlet full of permanent Christmas spirit holds one of the earliest theme parks in the United States.

A distillery built on (and above!) mobster Dutch Schultz's Prohibition-era underground moonshine business.

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

The oldest continuously operating farm in New York State.

This isolated community does not want you to visit.

This unique crypt designed by Frank Lloyd Wright for his longtime friend was not completed in either man's lifetime.

The second-largest (of only two in the world) large particle collider is the underdog of experimental physics.