New Paltz, New York
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This stone gatehouse was once the entrance to a historic mountain resort, and it had a cameo in a cheesy cult horror movie.
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New Paltz, New York
This stone gatehouse was once the entrance to a historic mountain resort, and it had a cameo in a cheesy cult horror movie.
Wingdale, New York
An abandoned asylum once on the cutting edge of lobotomies may be reborn as a Christian college.
New Paltz, New York
The oldest continuously inhabited street in America.
Highland, New York
The rustic think-space of famed naturalist John Burroughs stands exactly as he left it.
Boiceville, New York
Homemade rockets, dinosaurs, and robots make this New York small business much more than a furniture store.
Mount Tremper, New York
The world's largest kaleidoscope, designed by a 1960s psychedelic artist.
Kingston, New York
The only intersection in America where the buildings on all four corners were built pre-Revolutionary War.
Kingston, New York
An abandoned dollhouse factory.
Phoenicia, New York
On the second floor of a small town library is an homage to angling and memorial to a great local fisherman.
Woodstock, New York
Now the final resting place of prominent artists and musicians, it was originally founded to separate the rich from the poor in death.
Woodstock, New York
A once grand hotel is being retaken by the wilderness it once capitalized on.
Mount Washington, Massachusetts
One of the most scenic falls in Massachusetts has a history of death and grim legend.
Prattsville, New York
Believe It or Not, Ripley once called this chiseled mountainside “New York’s Mount Rushmore”.
Chatham, New York
Three acres of mythology-inspired sculptures are visible from the highway.
Saratoga Springs, New York
Two mermen, eternally spitting into each other's mouths.
Stillwater, New York
A monument to the military service of America's greatest traitor refuses to even name him.
Troy, New York
The original Uncle Sam was actually a New York meatpacker who is buried under this historic grave.
Albany, New York
This giant monument of the RCA mascot is a beloved fixture in Albany, New York.
Canastota, New York
Celebrating the greatest pugilists the world has ever known.
Fayetteville, New York
Surprisingly aquamarine waters fill deep lakes formed at the end of the last ice age.
Jamesville, New York
Abandoned rock quarry now a haven for mountain bikers and hikers.
Syracuse, New York
In DeWitt, New York, a blanket-wrapped gas station makes a creative statement on global dependence on oil.
Syracuse, New York
A reversed traffic signal that was once violently misinterpreted as a statement on British-Irish relations.
Syracuse, New York
This Art Deco fortress in upstate New York gives Manhattan's vaunted examples of the style a run for their money.