Places mkowal Wants to Go

This natural rock "church" might not be a proper chapel but that doesn't mean it's not beautiful.

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

The mummified relics of an American missionary.

The world's largest kaleidoscope, designed by a 1960s psychedelic artist.

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

Town full of spiritualists, some of whom are mediums, is still in full swing after 130 years.

Little Red Lighthouse under the George Washington Bridge.

This Central New York ghost town was once a prosperous railroad community.

This abandoned caretaker's apartment is one of 13 left in the New York Public Library system.

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

A little lighthouse in New York City, surrounded by mysterious stories of insanity-driven construction.

Salute the leader of the proletariat.

This plot of old-growth forest is the largest surviving remnant of New York City's original woodland.

Holding the most bodies of any cemetery in the United States.

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

The home of one of America's most wealthy industrialists is now a historic site that remembers a more decadent time in the country's history.

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

A once crucial portion of the Long Island railroad still lays abandoned, waiting to be turned into an urban park.

Home on the Hillside, and home of the first breakfast cereal.

There’s a secret bunker inside the Brooklyn Bridge, but the city won’t say where.

These World War I shooting range tunnels are now haunted halls of underground graffiti accessed through the roots of a tree.

For over 80 years, Mayan ruins stood proudly in a most unlikely location.

Walk into the 19th century without leaving Brooklyn.

One of the last full-orchestra recording studios in New York City and an acoustical marvel.