Penn Yan, New York
Largest Pancake Griddle In the World
This oversize piece of novelty cookware once cooked the largest pancake in the world.
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Places I've been
Places this traveler has marked as been there.
Seneca Falls, New York
Bridge Street Bridge
A near tragic event on this bridge helped inspire the classic film "It's a Wonderful Life."
Waterloo, New York
The Scythe Tree
A rusted blade sticks out from the trunk of this tree, left as a memorial to a young man who left to fight in the Civil War but never returned home.
Lowville, New York
Lady LeWinDa Milkzalot
Lady LeWinDa Milkzalot showcases Lewis County's dairy farming heritage and boasts an impressive rotation of seasonal outfits.
Greenfield Center, New York
Lester Park
Fossilized sea bottom and lime quarry.
Oswego, New York
Montcalm Park
This Upstate New York park squeezes a lot of history into its two-acre triangular space.
Syracuse, New York
24-Second Shot Clock Monument
This monument pays tribute to the city’s contribution to basketball history.
Sodus, New York
Abandoned Girl Scout Camp at Beechwood State Park
A deteriorating 1990s Girl Scout camp in a beautiful lush park on Lake Ontario.
Whitesboro, New York
Abandoned Revolutionary War Cemetery
A burial ground restored by a determined Boy Scout, where fragments of America’s early history rest beneath weathered stones.
Albany, New York
World’s Largest Nipper Statue
This giant monument of the RCA mascot is a beloved fixture in Albany, New York.
Saratoga Springs, New York
Spit and Spat
Two mermen, eternally spitting into each other's mouths.
Saratoga Springs, New York
Orenda Spring Tufa
A beautiful multicolored mound formed by the mineral deposits of the Orenda Spring.
Ballston Spa, New York
The Doubleday House
The birthplace of the alleged inventor of baseball.
Amsterdam, New York
Volkswagen on a Smokestack
An upstate New York garage advertises its services by literally putting the automobile above all else.
Sandy Creek, New York
Home of the Big Cheese
A marker commemorates a 1,400-pound wheel of cheese made to honor Andrew Jackson.
Orchard Park, New York
Eternal Flame Falls at Chestnut Ridge County Park
A natural gas leak provides a flickering flame beneath a waterfall.
Alden, New York
Town Line, New York
The "last holdout of the Confederacy” actually sat at the edge of the Canadian border.
Buffalo, New York
Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural National Historic Site
This restored house is like a time capsule of the president's unconventional inauguration.
Batavia, New York
Morgan Monument
A towering cemetery monument honors a man who threatened to expose the Freemasons and paid with his life.
Oneida, New York
Cross Island Chapel
Possibly the smallest church in the world floats in the middle of a pond.
Rome, New York
Alley Oop Soldier
A 10-foot-tall concrete Alley Oop statue left over from World War II now stands on the side of the road.
Rome, New York
Fort Stanwix National Monument
An interesting look into 18th-century American history.
Wolcott, New York
'Venus Rising From the Sea'
This elegant structure at the heart of a Finger Lakes town was originally a drinking fountain.
Syracuse, New York
Niagara Mohawk Building
This Art Deco fortress in upstate New York gives Manhattan's vaunted examples of the style a run for their money.
