Places Debby Morris Wants to Go

At this site, two historic stone bridges spanning the Sing Sing Kill—one right on top of the other.

The rare American Civil War-era weapon was never fired in anger.

This monument is dedicated to Balto, the heroic Alaskan sled dog.

Creating this diorama spurred naturalist Carl Akeley to begin advocating to protect the apes.

Brooklyn’s wildest restaurant is serving ice cream in snail shells and marrow bones.

A historic home with ties to the abolition and suffrage movements.

A labor of love by laborers in the sign-making business.

This house was the subject of an Edward Hopper painting, which in turn helped inspire the design of the Bates house in Alfred Hitchcock's 'Psycho.'

The longest continuous underwater road in North America was built at the insistence of Franklin Roosevelt.

Dozens of houses in the Adirondack Mountains are reminders of a literal "cottage industry" to cure people of a deadly disease.

Nine nice parcels of land along a flight path offer a quiet respite... until a plane soars overhead.

Fake subway tiles were installed to cover a design that resembled the Confederate flag—it's unclear if the resemblance was intentional.

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

In 1986, Keith Haring was arrested for painting this anti-drug mural on a Harlem handball court.

An art installation commemorates journalist Nellie Bly's undercover reporting inside a New York asylum.

The seat of Buffalo government is a gorgeous Art Deco palace.

This 220-year-old house is a reminder of New York City's Dutch past.

This overlooked gem outside Niagara Falls preserves and celebrates Iroquois culture.

More than 350 million years ago, western New York was covered in a vast sea. Today, you can dig up the remains of the plants and animals that lived there.

A menagerie of concrete animals brought together from across New York City's parks.

Spike Lee's provocative film is officially honored right where it was made, the first time a work of art was used as a secondary street name.

There are owls with glowing eyes in Herald Square.

A preserved factory in the "Home of the Carrousel" is now a museum dedicated to the classic wooden ride.

The wooden octagon in which Huckleberry Finn and A Connecticut Yankee were born can still be visited in upstate New York.