Pawling, New York
Akin Free Library
The attic and basement house two museums stuffed with oddities like swallowed spoon handles and a shrunken head.
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Places I've been
Places this traveler has marked as been there.
Wingdale, New York
Harlem Valley Psychiatric Center
An abandoned asylum once on the cutting edge of lobotomies may be reborn as a Christian college.
Dover Plains, New York
Oniontown
This isolated community does not want you to visit.
Millbrook, New York
Innisfree Garden
This once-private estate is now a dreamy, meditative garden that's open to the public.
Poughkeepsie, New York
Bridge Music
This sound-art installation features songs composed using only the Mid-Hudson Bridge as an instrument.
Poughkeepsie, New York
Poughkeepsie Cast Iron Building (and Its Lego Model)
A building made mostly of cast iron features a 1:45 scale lego model of its self.
Permanently Closed
Poughkeepsie, New York
Hudson River State Hospital
This mouldering abandoned mental hospital was once a center for progressive healing.
Hyde Park, New York
The Hyde Park Vanderbilt Mansion
"A hideous albatross in the Hudson River Valley."
Staatsburg, New York
Esopus Island
An unassuming island in the middle of the Hudson that hosts campers, including Aleister Crowley.
Kerhonkson, New York
Gnome Chomsky
"Gnome Chomsky" was once the largest gnome in the world, but is now simply tall for his kind.
Boiceville, New York
Steve Heller's Fabulous Furniture (and Sculpture Garden)
Homemade rockets, dinosaurs, and robots make this New York small business much more than a furniture store.
Permanently Closed
Kingston, New York
The Dollhouse
An abandoned dollhouse factory.
Saugerties, New York
The Saugerties Lighthouse
An historic lighthouse accessible via a half-mile walk through a nature preserve and freshwater tidal wetlands.
Red Hook, New York
Olafur Eliasson: The Parliament of Reality
A journey to a hand-crafted island involves a trip across this lattice bridge.
Red Hook, New York
Old Rhinebeck Aerodrome
A living antique aviation museum in the historic town of Red Hook, New York.
Rhinebeck, New York
Fork in the Road-Rhinebeck
A unique work of art that was created without permission.
Mount Washington, Massachusetts
Bash Bish Falls
One of the most scenic falls in Massachusetts has a history of death and grim legend.
Stockbridge, Massachusetts
Norman Rockwell Museum
A rich collection honors the iconic American artist, down to the jacket worn in his “Freedom of Speech” painting.
Stockbridge, Massachusetts
Site of Alice's Restaurant
You can get anything you want at the former site of the restaurant immortalized by Arlo Guthrie.
Lee, Massachusetts
Retro Pop Shop
Journey through vintage Americana inside this small Massachusetts shop.
Hudson, New York
Hudson-Athens Lighthouse
A small Second Empire-style building is one of only seven remaining lighthouses on the Hudson River.
Pittsfield, Massachusetts
Hancock Shaker Village
Wander the sprawling living museum on the site of one of a 16th-century community.
Chatham, New York
Taconic Sculpture Park
Three acres of mythology-inspired sculptures are visible from the highway.
Kinderhook, New York
Martin Van Buren National Historic Site
At this farm in upstate New York, the former president plotted his reelection campaign.
