Cryptid lake monster honored with its own monument.

This 38-drawer structure claims the superlative title, but it isn't the world's only giant filing cabinet.

Stand at the center of this lakefront sundial, and you'll become part of the timepiece.

Homemade rockets, dinosaurs, and robots make this New York small business much more than a furniture store.

The world's largest kaleidoscope, designed by a 1960s psychedelic artist.

Believe It or Not, Ripley once called this chiseled mountainside “New York’s Mount Rushmore”.

This Catskills museum preserves stumps from the earliest known fossil forest on Earth.

This whimsically unique butterfly farm focuses solely on creating habitats for the gentle insects.

A nearly 100-year-old dining car in upstate New York embodies the golden age of roadside dining.

A living antique aviation museum in the historic town of Red Hook, New York.

A unique work of art that was created without permission.

"A hideous albatross in the Hudson River Valley."

This high-perched pachyderm marks the memory of not one, but two elephants gunned down in small New England towns.

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

This sprawling woodland estate was the brainchild of iconic American industrial designer Russel Wright.

The poet's been ambling through these New York woods since 1940.

Astonishing collection of helmets, scientific instruments, and medical models.

This abandoned ironworks was once the most important military supplier in America.

This abandoned factory on the Hudson River once churned out a million bricks a week.

Discovered by cows, these upstate New York show caves are presented with a healthy dose of psychedelic folk art.

This small Catskills village has six independent bookstores and more bookshops than restaurants.