Places rbowptown Wants to Go

A small Second Empire-style building is one of only seven remaining lighthouses on the Hudson River.

This high-perched pachyderm marks the memory of not one, but two elephants gunned down in small New England towns.

This giant rock arrived at this quiet park thousands of years ago on the back of a massive glacier.

A man used his Civil War-era fortune to build this sanctuary in memory of his wife.

A monument to the military service of America's greatest traitor refuses to even name him.

Whale bones, scrimshaw, and sperm oil make up just a part of this comprehensive collection of whaling history.

This island castle contains enough secret passageways to support a season of Scooby-Doo episodes.

Fossilized sea bottom and lime quarry.

The second-largest (of only two in the world) large particle collider is the underdog of experimental physics.

Want to build a wind turbine? Secede from the nation.

Abandoned rock quarry now a haven for mountain bikers and hikers.

The summit Roosevelt conquered before he descended to become The Chief.

This exhibit allows visitors to wander through the interior of a replica Ice Age glacial cave.

Reforestation in action is the main attraction in this abandoned quarry.

A reversed traffic signal that was once violently misinterpreted as a statement on British-Irish relations.

What remains of the simple red brick chapel where the women's rights movement began.

The Binghamton area is home to six of the last remaining hand-carved vintage carousels.

A distillery built on (and above!) mobster Dutch Schultz's Prohibition-era underground moonshine business.

Teddy Roosevelt’s famous “midnight ride to the presidency" started at this small lake high up in the Adirondacks.

This overlooked gem outside Niagara Falls preserves and celebrates Iroquois culture.

The shared home of a utopian commune that practiced "free love" a century before the hippies.

A large camera obscura, constructed entirely from digitally fabricated components.

A gigantic 10-foot tall stone man.

Oldest existing wire suspension bridge in the United States.