Places alessandralee Wants to Go

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

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

Some of the earliest burial grounds of New York State are to be found hidden away in this quaint town.

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

A remnant from the golden age of aviation still in use today, Pan Am's Clipper service took off from this Art Deco gem.

This enormous Hindu temple in Queens serves incredible dosas in its basement canteen.

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

A former connection to City Island, it has been abandoned since the 1930s.

An abandoned dollhouse factory.

A deteriorating 1990s Girl Scout camp in a beautiful lush park on Lake Ontario.

Tucked away on the second floor of a small town library is one of the great private Victorian taxidermy collections looking today very much like it did in 1909.

One of the most enjoyable bits of history at Coney Island and “the most romantic ride in the world.”

This museum remembers an apocalyptic cult that became more famous for baseball than religious radicalism.

The remains of a religious colony, its amusement park, zoo, and baseball empire.

A quaint Russian village in the middle of a German metropolis.

Three gardens with toilets and urinals filled with bright flowers started as a protest against zoning rules.

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

Hidden behind a gate in Greenwich Village is a little farmhouse that once served as the writing studio of a bestselling author.

The former home of a disgraced local priest now hosts a mysterious secret supper club.

Imagine having a street run right through your home, or better yet, a historic bridge three stories high.

Six peaceful acres in a residential neighborhood dedicated to art and peace.

A Victorian cemetery in the heart of Brooklyn remains a popular mecca of morbid curiosity.

A mysterious echo seems to defy the laws of acoustics.

A legendary speakeasy bookstore returns from the brink.