Places anderson37 Wants to Go

The abandoned husk of a mental institution that failed to save a Jazz Age icon still sits nearly unchanged.

"A hideous albatross in the Hudson River Valley."

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

An Escher-inspired library dedicated to the wonders of the human mind, yet closed to the public.

New London, Connecticut still holds a grudge against its hometown son who turned traitor and burned the city.

A large camera obscura, constructed entirely from digitally fabricated components.

One philanthropist's extensive collection of knick-knacks and curiosities is now a public museum of oddity.

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

Stay at this storybook estate, featuring Sir Henry Hudson Kitson's masterpiece "Gingerbread House."

The home of a famed utopian science fiction author has been preserved long after his predicted future in the year 2000.

What appears to be an act of fruit vandalism is actually a cultural statement.

It was founded by Ralph Nader to educate the public about an often-maligned area of law.

This factory made "health corsets" that were a step towards liberating women's bodies.

The mysterious headstone of an unidentified bank robber was seen visited, every year, by a woman in black.

These Benedictine nuns have been making artisanal cheeses since before it was cool.

A famed data visualizer's personal sculpture garden is a landscape of modern and megalithic wonders.

This last stalwart of the now-forgotten feminist restaurant movement served food in an activist atmosphere since 1977.