Places Just Pete Wants to Go

What's a diner from the 1939 World's Fair doing in a remote Utah mountain town?

Collapsing castle on the Hudson river was once the storage site of military surplus business.

The largest Buddha statue in the Western Hemisphere is just 50 miles north of NYC.

The abandoned husk of a mental institution that failed to save a Jazz Age icon still sits nearly unchanged.

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

One man's swirling six-acre monument of stone.

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

A stunning, two-tiered waterfall made famous by poets, artists and the legend of a ghost dog.

This once-private estate is now a dreamy, meditative garden that's open to the public.

This tiny church near Sleepy Hollow contains Henri Matisse's last work, a rose window, and nine windows by Marc Chagall.

This Colorado fire station has been in continuous operation for more than a century.

The final resting spot of the Colorado Transportation Department's beloved unofficial mascot.

Isak Heartstone, a 15-foot wooden troll made out of recycled materials.

A hotel with a rich Wild West history of miners and bootleggers.

The scene of one of the darkest moments in American labor history has been left essentially untouched since the tragedy.

This once-popular otherworldly landscape was formed by one of the largest volcanic eruptions in history.

This spectacular track has run continuously since 1882.

The ancient dwellings of the Puebloans, located in the cliffs of majestic mesas.

Hidden inside this Arizona fast food franchise is an in-depth exhibit on the famed WWII counterintelligence program.

The final resting place of the most famous outlaw in the Old West.

The burial grounds of a secret society includes fences topped with fake Tesla balls.

In a dry, neglected cemetery lies the unassuming grave of a soldier vilified in life but celebrated in death.

This drive-by, rotating mini-gallery is nestled in the suburbs of Colorado.

The final resting place of a 19th-century gold prospector and convicted cannibal.