Places katherineconnelly Wants to Go

A billionaire heiress' menagerie of animals were lovingly laid to rest on the grounds of her former estate.

Filled with history, this cemetery is maintained each summer by a few hungry goats.

This quaint New Jersey graveyard is an eternal resting place for thousands of beloved pets.

The final resting place of many of New Jersey's most famous residents, including U.S. history's most in-vogue antagonist, Aaron Burr.

One man's lifelong obsession with death.

A storefront museum in Asbury Park honoring the Jersey Shore’s deep history of mystery—including the Jersey Devil.

Finally, you don't have to be a pious Swedish seaman to relax like one.

An off the grid woodland retreat that harkens back to days long forgotten.

In Little Caribbean, an ice-cream shop serves up regional flavors, including soursop, Irish moss, and "greatnut."

Legendary private island in the Bronx...devoid of rats.

This isolated community does not want you to visit.

The first pet cemetery in the United States.

This recipe is set in stone.

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

"Gnome Chomsky" was once the largest gnome in the world, but is now simply tall for his kind.

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

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

See wolves, coyotes, and arctic foxes in a natural environment smack in the middle of New York State.

An extensive collection of fine art devoted to man's best friend.

Those belting out show tunes in this West Village piano bar might not realize it marks the site where Thomas Paine died in 1809.

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

This lavish room in a New York City mansion is a rare relic from the end of the Gilded Age.

Discovered by cows, these upstate New York show caves are presented with a healthy dose of psychedelic folk art.

A Manhattan Episcopal church with an eerie underground crypt.