Places drsupherpen Wants to Go

This throwback amusement park is home to rides and unique storybook figures from the past.

Soaring over the Niagara Whirlpool since 1916.

The lost town of Neversink, sunk by New York City.

Collection of antique science instruments displayed in recreated 1870-1930 laboratories.

A collection of unique outdoor sculptures surounded by the beauty of nature.

An old abandoned mining town in The Adirondacks where Theodore Roosevelt first learned of the shooting of President William McKinley.

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.

The site of William McKinley's tragic assassination is only marked by an underwhelming boulder.

A natural gas leak provides a flickering flame beneath a waterfall.

Museum dedicated to the struggles of the disabled.

An abandoned castle owned and ignored by Masons carries a cursed history.

A fictional town that was briefly brought to life before fading once again out of existence.

An upstate New York garage advertises its services by literally putting the automobile above all else.

One sculptor's lifelong war game is the largest and longest running miniature campaign in history.

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

A tree full of wishes and footwear.

This small road tunnel is the only place where you can cross beneath the Erie Canal.

Not even a series of devastating fires could keep this odd castle in upstate New York from bouncing back.

A gigantic 10-foot tall stone man.

Dedicated to the art and science of glass in equal measure, this space is as much laboratory as museum.

A castle built for love, and abandoned due to heartbreak.

All that remains of one of the Civil War's more deadly POW camps is a simple flagstone.

The wooden octagon in which Huckleberry Finn and A Connecticut Yankee were born can still be visited in upstate New York.

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