Places Longarms McGee Wants to Go

A waterway covered over after the Industrial Revolution has been unearthed and cleaned up, for the enjoyment of fish and humans alike.

This fancifully decorated Victorian home in New York’s Hudson Valley is the only known fully domed octagonal residence in the United States.

This giant rock arrived at this quiet park thousands of years ago on the back of a massive glacier.

Reforestation in action is the main attraction in this abandoned quarry.

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

British troops and Prohibition couldn’t stop this spot from becoming one of the United States' oldest continuously-run taverns.

This huge, disused viaduct is now a crumbling concrete underworld of covered in years of graffiti.

These beautiful ruins deep in the Pennsylvania woods are thought to have been a ski lodge or a speakeasy, but no one really knows.

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

A millionaire's abandoned swimming pool from the gilded age of one of America's most distinguished families.

A lone tower rises above the cliffs in a city park, offering fantastic views of the Connecticut landscape.

The second-largest (of only two in the world) large particle collider is the underdog of experimental physics.

A formerly abandoned mental institute, now back in business.

Beneath the mossy overgrowth covering this once-sprawling campus lies decades of history and the secrets that come with it.

This massive boulder is either a unique rock formation created by glacial melt or a magic energy vortex.

An abandoned Victorian-era mill in the middle of modern Manchester.

Quirky castle designed by the American actor best known for portraying Sherlock Holmes on stage.

This lovely hilltop tower was specifically built to withstand 100 MPH winds.

Established in 1937, the oldest candy shop in New York City boasts a rainbow-colored inventory that would make Willy Wonka envious.

In its day this historic fort held 100 cannons pointed in almost every direction to protect New York.

An arcade packed with a rotating collection of unique independent video games.

An abandoned Gold Coast-era mansion once intended for the exiled ruler of Albania, who never arrived.

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

An abandoned 19th century quarry in the middle of the woods, remade by unnamed wanderers into a massive series of rock thrones.