Places GRH Wants to Go

This wooly sculpture supposedly marks the birthplace of a famous nursery rhyme, or not.

A tribute to the couples who brave long periods of separation during wartime.

Quirky castle designed by the American actor best known for portraying Sherlock Holmes on stage.

A remnant of the 19th-century dream to discourage people from drinking booze by offering them water.

The largest battery in New England sits atop a Massachusetts mountain.

This tall Massachusetts folly got its name thanks to all of the purple prose its vistas inspired.

Over 50 whirling pools left behind from the glacial age.

An old trolley bridge was converted into a breathtaking garden bursting with colorful flowers.

A monument to the Mohawk people stands along an old Native American trade route.

Time has expired for eternity at this gravesite with a sense of humor.

Naturally formed white marble arch housed in an abandoned marble quarry from the 1800s.

The railroad tunnel nicknamed the "Bloody Pit" for taking the lives of hundreds during its construction.

Resonating tubes make music from highway overpass.

Wander the sprawling living museum on the site of one of a 16th-century community.

Herman Melville wrote 'Moby Dick' in this landmark 18th-century house surrounded by farmland.

The hero of the women's suffrage movement birth home is now a museum dedicated to her legacy.

This locally-famous crevasse in New York State is icy all year round.

A small Second Empire-style building is one of only seven remaining lighthouses on the Hudson River.

The first American home of the isolated, egalitarian religion has a trove of Shaker architecture and artifacts.

The largest museum dedicated to Italian Americans on the East Coast is located in a 100-year-old church.

This stained glass window designed by Tiffany Studios is hidden behind the circulation desk of a public library.

A building made mostly of cast iron features a 1:45 scale lego model of its self.

The rustic think-space of famed naturalist John Burroughs stands exactly as he left it.

This sound-art installation features songs composed using only the Mid-Hudson Bridge as an instrument.