Millbrook, New York
Innisfree Garden
This once-private estate is now a dreamy, meditative garden that's open to the public.
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Millbrook, New York
This once-private estate is now a dreamy, meditative garden that's open to the public.
Speculator, New York
Surprising rock art on the Adirondack Scenic Byway.
Fayetteville, West Virginia
One day a year it is legal to jump off of this astoundingly tall bridge that spans an Appalachian gorge.
Speculator, New York
The great American road trip, but smaller.
Poughkeepsie, New York
This mouldering abandoned mental hospital was once a center for progressive healing.
Hyde Park, New York
"A hideous albatross in the Hudson River Valley."
Baltimore, Maryland
A 200-year-old bar with a cheeky name claims to have served Edgar Allan Poe his final drink.
Baltimore, Maryland
A faded sign from the 1920s remembers Baltimore's resistance toward banning alcohol.
Baltimore, Maryland
Once America's tallest structure, now a Baltimore landmark.
Baltimore, Maryland
Baltimore's classic clock tower was once topped by a rotating, 20-ton medicine bottle.
Cold Spring, New York
A ruined mansion hidden in the woods of the Hudson Valley, home of a tragically doomed romance.
Beacon, New York
The remains of what was once the world's steepest passenger funicular.
Mount Tremper, New York
The world's largest kaleidoscope, designed by a 1960s psychedelic artist.
Rosendale, New York
This old cement mine has been used as everything from a mushroom farm to a recording studio.