Places hopemch Wants to Go

World's largest herd of white deer populate a former U.S. Army depot.

Ruins of a once-prized railroad station in New York.

The last remnants of what was once one of the world's grandest hotels can now be found in a Manhattan subway station.

The 28-foot granite map plots the locations of 40 theaters in New York City.

The most unloved grain elevator in Brooklyn was a “Magnificent Mistake.”

Piano-making empire filled with 200-year-old steam machines still churning out 1,000 instruments a year.

This abandoned factory on the Hudson River once churned out a million bricks a week.

Haven for steampunks.

Beautiful mosaics cover the first stations opened on New York City's newest subway line.

This outpost of America's most popular fast-food restaurant is housed inside a palatial mansion.

Created by four famous men, the beautifully designed Buffalo State Asylum was resurrected as a hotel and art center, but still boasts a ghost story or two.

The only intersection in America where the buildings on all four corners were built pre-Revolutionary War.

This plot of old-growth forest is the largest surviving remnant of New York City's original woodland.

The highest point on the island known for buildings that touch the sky.

Feral cats keeping the rodent population at bay all across Greenpoint waterfront.

19th century cemetery hidden in Brooklyn's Prospect Park.

A sculptural commentary on capitalism pokes up from the East River.

One of the few remaining American elm trees in New York’s Tompkins Square Park was the birthplace of a new religion.

Down a stairway in the East Village, you could once read a plaque describing an alternate history of a fictional version of Manhattan.

This sandstone gorge in New York State's Adirondack Mountains is home to waterfalls, flumes, and more.

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

This Central New York ghost town was once a prosperous railroad community.

A little lighthouse in New York City, surrounded by mysterious stories of insanity-driven construction.

An abandoned Gold Coast-era mansion once intended for the exiled ruler of Albania, who never arrived.