Places ianrbenjamin Wants to Go

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

This natural rock "church" might not be a proper chapel but that doesn't mean it's not beautiful.

Surprisingly aquamarine waters fill deep lakes formed at the end of the last ice age.

This old cement mine has been used as everything from a mushroom farm to a recording studio.

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

The abandoned ruins of America's first private zoo are open for exploration in the Catskills.

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

The first evidence of some of the Earth's earliest life was found in this fossilized undersea grotto.

This former theme park in New York's Adirondack Mountains fell into ruin before being resurrected as a state-run campground

Teddy Roosevelt’s famous “midnight ride to the presidency" started at this small lake high up in the Adirondacks.

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

Secluded amid upstate New York’s Adirondack Mountains lies this subterranean emblem of a nation on the brink of nuclear war. And it's for sale.

The lost town of Neversink, sunk by New York City.

One patriotic farmer's ode to the 9/11 tragedy remains even after the farm changed hands.

A quaint village in Western New York named after Alexander Hamilton's beloved sister-in-law.

An abandoned castle owned and ignored by Masons carries a cursed history.

The great American road trip, but smaller.

A religious-themed park filled with folk art to bring biblical stories to life that fell into disrepair and now being restored.

Fossilized sea bottom and lime quarry.

A massive sustainable farm designed by the mastermind behind Central Park.

Guarded by the Angel of Grief, the Stanford family tomb attracts an odd mix of halloween revelry and somber contemplation.

19th-century operating theatre in which the use of ether was first demonstrated - plus, a skeleton and a mummy!

Beneath the mossy overgrowth covering this once-sprawling campus lies decades of history and the secrets that come with it.

Locals purchased this abandoned quarry in order to make sure it continues to be overgrown.