Places ERuler39 Wants to Go

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

The floor-to-ceiling collection in an old factory is a unique alternative to stuffy galleries.

An eccentric playboy's astounding natural history collection.

The remains of what was once the world's steepest passenger funicular.

Possibly the smallest church in the world floats in the middle of a pond.

The attic and basement house two museums stuffed with oddities like swallowed spoon handles and a shrunken head.

Play heads or tails with thousands of different coins.

A formerly abandoned mental institute, now back in business.

The summit Roosevelt conquered before he descended to become The Chief.

An isolated beacon with a history of grisly murder and a view of some of literature's greatest inspirations.

A collection of unique outdoor sculptures surounded by the beauty of nature.

Hiroshima survivor on Riverside Drive.

A museum collection honoring the long history of the FDNY is held in a disused Manhattan fire house.

An old dining hall now serves up ghost stories for lusty locals.

This small New York museum examines Chinese history from its origins right up to its arrival in the city.

An old abandoned mining town in The Adirondacks where Theodore Roosevelt first learned of the shooting of President William McKinley.

Hike deep into the woods to explore this Gilded Age masterpiece.

The very first subway station in New York City is beautiful, decked out in chandeliers, and ... abandoned?

An abandoned Gold Coast-era mansion once intended for the exiled ruler of Albania, who never arrived.

Salute the leader of the proletariat.

A good place to research the Freemasons, esoterica, occultism, and hermeticism.

The home of one of America's most wealthy industrialists is now a historic site that remembers a more decadent time in the country's history.

"A hideous albatross in the Hudson River Valley."

A winding, cliffside stretch of road overlooking the Delaware River.