New York, New York
Bennett Park
The highest point on the island known for buildings that touch the sky.
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Places I want to go
Places on this traveler's wishlist.
New York, New York
The Morris-Jumel Mansion
The oldest house in Manhattan is now a museum that remembers the home's sordid history of scandals, vice-presidents, and ghosts.
New York, New York
High Bridge
The oldest surviving bridge in New York City, which reopened to pedestrians in 2015.
Port au Choix, Newfoundland and Labrador
Museum of Whales and Things
A chaotic collection of maritime artifacts, art, and really whatever else happens to be around.
Rochester, New York
The National Toy Hall of Fame
A collection of the best toys ever made inside a museum devoted to play.
Rochester, New York
The George Eastman Museum
The home, museum, and death site of Kodak's influential founder.
Corning, New York
Corning Museum of Glass
Dedicated to the art and science of glass in equal measure, this space is as much laboratory as museum.
San Jose, California
The Winchester Mystery House
A peculiar mansion built by the troubled heir to the Winchester Rifle Company fortune.
Permanently Closed
Graniteville, Vermont
Rock of Ages Granite Quarry
Tour the world's largest deep-hole dimension granite quarry, where you can view the plant where gravestones are made and roll a ball down the outdoor granite bowling alley.
Laconia, New Hampshire
American Classic Arcade Museum
The largest arcade museum in the world chronicles the golden age of video games which ended promptly in 1987.
Tomkins Cove, New York
Doodletown
Reclaimed by nature, the ruins of Doodletown, New York are remnants of a town consumed by a state park.
