Places blairrusse Wants to Go

A rich collection honors the iconic American artist, down to the jacket worn in his “Freedom of Speech” painting.

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

The scarce remains of a sunken ship peek out from the sand on East Beach.

This rail trail culminates in a three-mile land bridge only accessible to cyclists and pedestrians.

A 13,000-year-old mastodon skeleton was found during the construction of a 19th-century New York mill.

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

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

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

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

A monument to the Mohawk people stands along an old Native American trade route.

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

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

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

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

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

The walkable ruins of an 19th century hotel, destroyed in a horse cremation gone wrong.

Over 50 whirling pools left behind from the glacial age.

Naturally formed white marble arch housed in an abandoned marble quarry from the 1800s.

The railroad tunnel nicknamed the "Bloody Pit" for taking the lives of hundreds during its construction.

A gateway to a mysterious network of underground tunnels.

The highest point in Connecticut was incorrectly memorialized before surveyors discovered the actual spot.

The former residence of Elizabeth “Mumbet” Freeman, an enslaved African-American woman who successfully sued for her freedom.

Eight whimsical acres of metal art.

Herman Melville wrote 'Moby Dick' in this landmark 18th-century house surrounded by farmland.