Places lakupper13 Wants to Go

Harlem park dedicated to compulsive hoarders killed by their own junk.

The birthplace of America's favorite fruit-flavored mystery dessert.

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

Ruins of a once-prized railroad station in New York.

Take in a rare, face-to-face glimpse of Lady Liberty at this tucked away Red Hook park.

This small, hidden cove is home to abandoned boats.

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

The life of one of FDR's possible mistresses is preserved in her palatial Hudson Valley mansion.

Quite possibly the last cross all humans will ever see.

A hidden architectural treasure in New York's Brooklyn.

A town trapped in time - 1958 to be exact.

This once-grand marvel of engineering is now 41 miles of scenic hiking trail.

Eclectic architecture in the woods of New York.

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

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

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

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

One of the oldest Jewish cemeteries in the city, it is now overgrown with an urban forest.

A six-story treehouse offers spectacular views of New York's Finger Lakes region.

Toxic waste disaster that founded the Superfund program.

Created by four famous men, the beautifully designed Buffalo State Asylum was resurrected as a hotel and art center, but still boasts a ghost story or two.

A forsaken wonder in the middle of the East Side neighborhood.

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

"A hideous albatross in the Hudson River Valley."