Places Oops3ggs Wants to Go

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.

Surprisingly aquamarine waters fill deep lakes formed at the end of the last ice age.

Why have you never heard of the second most popular tourist site in New York?

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

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

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

This sandstone gorge in New York State's Adirondack Mountains is home to waterfalls, flumes, and more.

A six-story treehouse offers spectacular views of New York's Finger Lakes region.

This small and serene place for quiet reflection on Staten Island was built in China based on the gardens of the Ming Dynasty.

This old cement mine has been used as everything from a mushroom farm to a recording studio.

The library of every book lover's dreams.

Reclaimed by nature, the ruins of Doodletown, New York are remnants of a town consumed by a state park.

The site of a tragic massacre that spawned a multimedia franchise.

This small, hidden cove is home to abandoned boats.

A ruined mansion hidden in the woods of the Hudson Valley, home of a tragically doomed romance.

Decades after testing the polio vaccine on unwitting patients, this historic mental hospital sits in ruin.

In upstate New York, gorgeous waterfalls and a watermill are slowly being reclaimed by nature.

Once America's longest-manned military fort, now an abandoned hulk.

The oldest house in Manhattan is now a museum that remembers the home's sordid history of scandals, vice-presidents, and ghosts.

Hordes of precariously balanced stone figures crowd the shores of the Hudson River.

A dark, dank room in subterranean Manhattan was the site of a ghastly murder.

Though its celestial ceiling is impressive, the true star is the vast collection of French books.

A once grand hotel is being retaken by the wilderness it once capitalized on.

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