Alexandria Bay, New York
Boldt Castle
A castle built for love, and abandoned due to heartbreak.
Places I've been
Places this traveler has marked as been there.
Alexandria Bay, New York
A castle built for love, and abandoned due to heartbreak.
Cassadaga, New York
Town full of spiritualists, some of whom are mediums, is still in full swing after 130 years.
New Windsor, New York
100 massive sculptures in the Hudson River Valley.
Yonkers, New York
America's greatest forgotten garden and the former stomping grounds of Son of Sam.
New York, New York
Prove you deserve to be fed by Kenny Shopsin.
New York, New York
Unlock the secrets of the conjuring arts.
New York, New York
Wall Street has a new heroine, a bronze statue of a small but fierce girl.
New York, New York
This sculpture by artist Fritz Keonig survived the 9/11 attacks and now stands as a monument to the victims.
New York, New York
This ruined fort hidden at the top of Central Park can't seem to keep from losing its historical plaques.
New York, New York
The oldest operating apothecary in the US has treated everyone from Thomas Edison to Mark Twain.
Beacon, New York
The abandoned husk of a mental institution that failed to save a Jazz Age icon still sits nearly unchanged.
Potsdam, New York
Three gardens with toilets and urinals filled with bright flowers started as a protest against zoning rules.
Hell, Michigan
Hell on Earth is actually a small town in Michigan where anyone can be mayor for a day.
Ann Arbor, Michigan
An ever-evolving wall of graffiti art off East Liberty Street.
Ann Arbor, Michigan
These grassy undulations on a stretch of University of Michigan campus aren't bad landscaping, they're art.
Farmington Hills, Michigan
Astounding collection of coin-operated games and automata.
Amherstburg, Ontario
An abandoned Victorian-era amusement park is rusting away amidst luxury houses.
Allen Park, Michigan
The 80-foot tire that looms over Michigan's I-94 was once a Ferris wheel in the New York World Fair.
Detroit, Michigan
Abandoned concert venue legendary for its rock counterculture.
Hamtramck, Michigan
A wacky two-story folk-art assemblage of carved and found objects, with lights, motion, and sound now in need of financial support.
Detroit, Michigan
The Beaux-Arts aquarium boasts a vast collection of saltwater and freshwater fish on an island in the Detroit River.
Detroit, Michigan
One man's attempt to create an artistic wonder on a run-down block in Detroit.
Detroit, Michigan
These enduring murals depicting a distinctly Marxist tribute to capitalism could not even be defeated by McCarthyism.
Detroit, Michigan
A Beaux-Arts triumph rises from decades of decay to become the heart of a new innovation district.