Places 1812foland Wants to Go

A unique work of art that was created without permission.

A nearly 100-year-old dining car in upstate New York embodies the golden age of roadside dining.

A stunning, two-tiered waterfall made famous by poets, artists and the legend of a ghost dog.

The Hudson River School comes alive at this palatial estate.

The original Uncle Sam was actually a New York meatpacker who is buried under this historic grave.

This elaborate High Victorian Gothic structure is one of the world's few 16-sided buildings.

You can get anything you want at the former site of the restaurant immortalized by Arlo Guthrie.

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

The schoolhouse where Jesse Merwin, the inspiration for the "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" character, once taught.

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

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

A CT scan revealed the identity of this 3,000-year-old mummy that everyone erroneously thought was female.

The largest Walmart Supercenter in the United States, referred to affectionately as “Mallmart,” has served the residents of Albany, New York, since 1994.

The small burial plot is located in a mall parking lot.

The first American home of the isolated, egalitarian religion has a trove of Shaker architecture and artifacts.

The final resting place of President Chester A. Arthur and hundreds of others from Revolutionary War soldiers to poets, politicians, and painters.

A man used his Civil War-era fortune to build this sanctuary in memory of his wife.

This historic church with a connection to "Uncle Sam" is now a fraternity house.

A beautiful, creepy 19th-century castle stands incongruously in rural Vermont.

Generations of rockhounds got their start at this beloved, historic mine.

An artist sees trees as a medium for sculpture.

3,200-square-foot mural inside Dartmouth Library depicts the history of America with images of human sacrifice, ancient gods, and other unspeakable terrors.

This relic of 19th-century infrastructure is one of the few remaining coal gas storage tanks in the U.S.

This stained glass window designed by Tiffany Studios is hidden behind the circulation desk of a public library.