Niagara Falls, New York
Edward Dean Adams Power Plant
Genesis of modern hydroelectric power.
Places eapya Wants to Go
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Places I want to go
Places on this traveler's wishlist.
Queens, New York
Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Cemetery
The graveyard holds the remains of Irish immigrants who arrived in Queens after fleeing the Great Famine.
Bronx, New York
Carrie Chapman Catt's Grave
An activist who committed her life to peace and women's suffrage.
Rochester, New York
Grave of George Washington's Drummer Boy
Alexander Milliner, a favorite of General Washington, is interred at Mt. Hope Cemetery along with 80 other Revolutionary War veterans.
Kinderhook, New York
Martin Van Buren National Historic Site
At this farm in upstate New York, the former president plotted his reelection campaign.
Buffalo, New York
Blocher Memorial
An elaborate memorial to a man local legend says died of a broken heart.
Troy, New York
Woodside
A man used his Civil War-era fortune to build this sanctuary in memory of his wife.
New York, New York
Al Hirschfeld's Desk and Chair
From this desk Al Hirschfeld drew his influential caricatures of the 20th century's Broadway stars.
New York, New York
Trinity Church Cemetery & Mausoleum
You must take the A train... to the last active cemetery in Manhattan.
Oneida, New York
Oneida Community Mansion House
The shared home of a utopian commune that practiced "free love" a century before the hippies.
New York, New York
The "Irving House"
Nope, not Washington Irving's house.
Rochester, New York
Warner Castle
This New York estate was designed to resemble a medieval Scottish castle.
Kings Park, New York
St. Johnland Cemetery
This forgotten graveyard in rural New York State once served a pioneering hospital.
Brooklyn, New York
Site of 1928 gang shooting
Retribution for death of infamous mob boss Franie Yale was a case of mistaken identity.
Oyster Bay, New York
Raynham Hall Museum
Spies, love letters, and ghost stories have all left their mark on this home-cum-museum.
Brooklyn, New York
Site of Joe Gallo's 1950s Headquarters
The site where Joe Gallo kept his guns, pet lion, and launched an all out mob war in 1960s Brooklyn.
Brooklyn, New York
Commandant's House
This impressive mansion in Vinegar Hill has some mysterious details in its architecture.
Kinderhook, New York
Ichabod Crane Schoolhouse
The schoolhouse where Jesse Merwin, the inspiration for the "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" character, once taught.
Albany, New York
The Mummy Ankhefenmut
A CT scan revealed the identity of this 3,000-year-old mummy that everyone erroneously thought was female.
New York, New York
Amiable Child Monument
One of the only single-person private gravesites in New York City.
Bronx, New York
St. Raymond’s Cemetery
Final resting place of Typhoid Mary.
Auburn, New York
Fort Hill Cemetery
The final resting place of Harriet Tubman and other famous historical figures.
Woodstock, New York
Woodstock Artists Cemetery
Now the final resting place of prominent artists and musicians, it was originally founded to separate the rich from the poor in death.
Perrysburg, New York
J.N. Adam Memorial Hospital
An abandoned tuberculosis hospital moulders on into an uncertain future.
