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Buffalo, New York
Museum of disABILITY History
Museum dedicated to the struggles of the disabled.
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Places this traveler has marked as been there.
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Catskill, New York
Catamount People's Museum
An enormous cat made of recycled wood scraps.
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Lake George, New York
The Last Howard Johnson's
All that remains of the once-booming chain is a single orange-roofed restaurant.
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Yonkers, New York
Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research
An abandoned horticulture institute gloomily presides over rows of derelict and vine-wrought greenhouses.
Water Mill, New York
Water Mill Museum
Once the center of food production for this small town.
Central Islip, New York
The Gallery of Shorthand
A museum that houses a collection of stenography machines plus dozens of books, photographs, and guides to shorthand languages from around the world.
Albion, New York
Cobblestone Museum
Intact 125-year-old carpentry shop and Victorian house, along with cobblestone architecture structures.
Bayport, New York
The Long Island Sphinx
A century ago, aspiring socialites climbed on this cement beast with the hopes of marrying a millionaire.
Branchport, New York
The DeGeorge Barn
Explore an enormous collection of original Americana tucked away in a small hamlet.
Syracuse, New York
24-Second Shot Clock Monument
This monument pays tribute to the city’s contribution to basketball history.
Garden City, New York
Pan Am Museum
This museum-within-a-museum pays tribute to "The World's Most Experienced Airline."
Rochester, New York
Sam Patch's Grave
Known by nicknames like the "Jersey Jumper" and the "Daring Yankee," Patch was the first famous daredevil in the United States.
Oxford, New York
Little Merrit's Tomb
A small window was installed in this gravestone to honor a young boy's dying wish.
West Point, New York
Mausoleum of Egbert Ludovicus Viele
The Brigadier General was so afraid of being buried alive that he had a buzzer installed in his mausoleum, just in case he woke up.
Ballston Spa, New York
The Doubleday House
The birthplace of the alleged inventor of baseball.
Phoenicia, New York
The Anglers Parlor, aka The Jerry Bartlett Memorial Angling Collection
On the second floor of a small town library is an homage to angling and memorial to a great local fisherman.
Brooklyn, New York
Brooklyn Fire Department House on Norman Avenue
Home to first responders to Greenpoint's devastating oil fires.
Menands, New York
Albany Rural Cemetery
The final resting place of President Chester A. Arthur and hundreds of others from Revolutionary War soldiers to poets, politicians, and painters.
Ogdensburg, New York
Frederic Remington Art Museum
Located on the banks of the St. Lawrence River, this mansion is home to a massive art collection.
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.
Jamestown, New York
Lucy and Desi Museum
This museum is dedicated to a Hollywood icon.
Jamestown, New York
Roger Tory Peterson Institute of Natural History
This manor in the woods memorializes one of the greatest birders of a generation.
Troy, New York
'House of Aldus'
This stained glass window designed by Tiffany Studios is hidden behind the circulation desk of a public library.
Cazenovia, New York
Cabinet of Curiosity at Cazenovia Public Library
A mummy and sarcophagus are part of the many wonders in this library's collection.
