Hyde Park, New York
The Hyde Park Vanderbilt Mansion
"A hideous albatross in the Hudson River Valley."
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Hyde Park, New York
"A hideous albatross in the Hudson River Valley."
Kingston, New York
The only intersection in America where the buildings on all four corners were built pre-Revolutionary War.
Saugerties, New York
One man's swirling six-acre monument of stone.
Mount Washington, Massachusetts
One of the most scenic falls in Massachusetts has a history of death and grim legend.
Haines Falls, New York
A stunning, two-tiered waterfall made famous by poets, artists and the legend of a ghost dog.
Lenox, Massachusetts
The mansion home of author Edith Wharton.
North Adams, Massachusetts
Resonating tubes make music from highway overpass.
Catskill, New York
The abandoned ruins of America's first private zoo are open for exploration in the Catskills.
Hudson, New York
The Hudson River School comes alive at this palatial estate.
Hudson, New York
A small Second Empire-style building is one of only seven remaining lighthouses on the Hudson River.
Howes Cave, New York
Why have you never heard of the second most popular tourist site in New York?
Kinderhook, New York
At this farm in upstate New York, the former president plotted his reelection campaign.
Saratoga Springs, New York
Two mermen, eternally spitting into each other's mouths.
Schenectady, New York
This elaborate High Victorian Gothic structure is one of the world's few 16-sided buildings.
Cohoes, New York
A 13,000-year-old mastodon skeleton was found during the construction of a 19th-century New York mill.
Troy, New York
The original Uncle Sam was actually a New York meatpacker who is buried under this historic grave.
Troy, New York
This stained glass window designed by Tiffany Studios is hidden behind the circulation desk of a public library.
Albany, New York
The largest Walmart Supercenter in the United States, referred to affectionately as “Mallmart,” has served the residents of Albany, New York, since 1994.
Menands, New York
The final resting place of President Chester A. Arthur and hundreds of others from Revolutionary War soldiers to poets, politicians, and painters.
Albany, New York
This giant monument of the RCA mascot is a beloved fixture in Albany, New York.
Albany, New York
A CT scan revealed the identity of this 3,000-year-old mummy that everyone erroneously thought was female.
Salamanca, New York
This museum pays tribute to the largest group in the Iroquois Confederacy.
Troy, New York
This relic of 19th-century infrastructure is one of the few remaining coal gas storage tanks in the U.S.