Places jordank Wants to Go

Explore this medieval cathedral by trying to spot all the malevolent monsters hiding in its beautifully colored windows.

A pink sandstone column once used in ancient times to measure one's belly after a night of debauchery.

The great American road trip, but smaller.

An Adirondacks museum housed in the former studio of Marcella Sembrich, the 19th century opera star most famous for her role of Mimi in "La Boheme."

The original Uncle Sam was actually a New York meatpacker who is buried under this historic grave.

A 13,000-year-old mastodon skeleton was found during the construction of a 19th-century New York mill.

This giant monument of the RCA mascot is a beloved fixture in Albany, New York.

At this farm in upstate New York, the former president plotted his reelection campaign.

This stone gatehouse was once the entrance to a historic mountain resort, and it had a cameo in a cheesy cult horror movie.

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

"A hideous albatross in the Hudson River Valley."

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

This abandoned cemetery is crumbling into ruin, exposing the artifacts and bodies buried there.

A plaque on a rock dedicated to a famous, forgotten author, and put in an impossible place.

West Point’s only monument to a woman veteran stands above an empty grave.

This abandoned ironworks was once the most important military supplier in America.

Adherence to strict Jewish laws is required to enter this ultra-conservative New York village.

This house was the subject of an Edward Hopper painting, which in turn helped inspire the design of the Bates house in Alfred Hitchcock's 'Psycho.'

Hundreds of numbered stakes hidden in the woods mark the graves of the lost souls of a nearby asylum.

Astonishing collection of helmets, scientific instruments, and medical models.

Reclaimed by nature, the ruins of Doodletown, New York are remnants of a town consumed by a state park.

These azure waters were thought to lead to the Mayan Underworld.

An abandoned World War II bunker is part of a chain that runs throughout Washington.

This century-old confectioner's outlet store was plucked right out of the Seattle World's Fair.