Blasdell, New York
Penn Dixie Fossil Park
More than 350 million years ago, western New York was covered in a vast sea. Today, you can dig up the remains of the plants and animals that lived there.
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Places I've been
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New York, New York
Model Ship Collection at the South Street Seaport Museum
Set sail on a small scale.
Johnson City, New York
Carousel Capital of the World
The Binghamton area is home to six of the last remaining hand-carved vintage carousels.
Yonkers, New York
Lenoir Preserve
A beautiful, historic location open to the public.
Brooklyn, New York
Wyckoff House
Oldest surviving example of a Dutch saltbox frame house in America.
Chippewa Bay, New York
Singer Castle
This island castle contains enough secret passageways to support a season of Scooby-Doo episodes.
Ithaca, New York
Ice Age Glacial Exhibit
This exhibit allows visitors to wander through the interior of a replica Ice Age glacial cave.
Montauk, New York
Camp Hero
A mysterious air force base built to resemble a Long Island fishing village.
New York, New York
Hall of North American Mammals
Outstanding taxidermy dioramas showcase the grandeur of the continent's wildlife with spooky realism.
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
Physical Graffiti Building
The East Village tenement from the cover of Led Zeppelin’s 1975 album has a tea shop on the ground floor.
New York, New York
Tompkins Square Temperance Fountain
A reminder to choose water over wine since 1888.
Buffalo, New York
Pierce-Arrow Museum
This Buffalo museum hides an Art Deco gas station designed by Frank Lloyd Wright.
Sands Point, New York
Sands Point Preserve
The former estate of the Guggenheims, part of the opulent Gold Coast that inspired the Great Gatsby.
New York, New York
The Shrine of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton
The home of the first American-born saint is one of the only curved buildings in New York.
Queens, New York
Vander Ende-Onderdonk House
The oldest Dutch colonial stone house in New York City is a hidden gem on the border of Brooklyn and Queens.
Saratoga Springs, New York
Orenda Spring Tufa
A beautiful multicolored mound formed by the mineral deposits of the Orenda Spring.
Brooklyn, New York
Mount Prospect Park
This city park was once a lookout point for George Washington’s army during the Battle of Brooklyn in 1776.
Albany, New York
The First Shaker Village
The first American home of the isolated, egalitarian religion has a trove of Shaker architecture and artifacts.
New York, New York
The American Merchant Mariner's Memorial
Twice a day one of these tragic bronze mariners drowns with the tide to remember all those the sea has taken.
Flanders, New York
Big Duck
A former poultry store that looks like a giant duck and is one of the "seven wonders" of Long Island.
Lake George, New York
Bloody Pond
This lovely little pond is named after the hundreds of soldiers' corpses that were rolled into the waters during the French-Indian War.
Cold Spring, New York
West Point Foundry Preserve
This abandoned ironworks was once the most important military supplier in America.
