Places nomadcourier85 Wants to Go

A mysterious echo seems to defy the laws of acoustics.

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

This lovely little pond is named after the hundreds of soldiers' corpses that were rolled into the waters during the French-Indian War.

This picturesque cottage was the site of Ulysses S. Grant’s final and perhaps most important campaign.

The birthplace of the alleged inventor of baseball.

The largest Walmart Supercenter in the United States, referred to affectionately as “Mallmart,” has served the residents of Albany, New York, since 1994.

The largest roller-skating rink in the world.

A 13,000-year-old mastodon skeleton was found during the construction of a 19th-century New York mill.

The original Uncle Sam was actually a New York meatpacker who is buried under this historic grave.

The schoolhouse where Jesse Merwin, the inspiration for the "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" character, once taught.

At this farm in upstate New York, the former president plotted his reelection campaign.

The highest point in Connecticut was incorrectly memorialized before surveyors discovered the actual spot.

Star-spangled and 38 feet tall.

New Preston and Kent, Connecticut - where Friday the 13th, Part 2 was filmed.

The largest known open fault in the United States is basically a giant natural refrigerator.

This non-binary preacher formed a religious movement in the region of New York later known as the “Burned-Over District.”

This oversize piece of novelty cookware once cooked the largest pancake in the world.

Explore an enormous collection of original Americana tucked away in a small hamlet.

One patriotic farmer's ode to the 9/11 tragedy remains even after the farm changed hands.

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

This formerly abandoned amusement park includes a classic carousel and a replica of Mark Twain's famous hut-like Elmira study.

A historical home in upstate New York honors the work of John W. Jones, a formerly enslaved man who was a major agent for the Underground Railroad.

The little-known final resting place of one of America's greatest writers.

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