Places reaganmachugh Wants to Go

Toxic waste disaster that founded the Superfund program.

This tiny church near Sleepy Hollow contains Henri Matisse's last work, a rose window, and nine windows by Marc Chagall.

A mysterious echo seems to defy the laws of acoustics.

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

One of the city’s oldest watering holes was originally the home of a famous James Brown (not that one).

The abandoned ruins of America's first private zoo are open for exploration in the Catskills.

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

Unusual books about food and drink abound in this 19th-century New York townhouse.

Discovered by cows, these upstate New York show caves are presented with a healthy dose of psychedelic folk art.

Feral cats keeping the rodent population at bay all across Greenpoint waterfront.

Relics given to a Manhattan church to avoid seizure by the Italian government.

Come for the pastrami, stay for the million-dollar art.

A deteriorating 1990s Girl Scout camp in a beautiful lush park on Lake Ontario.

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

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

Cryptic messages embedded in the New York City sidewalk.

The world's largest collection of materials relating to lesbian history is housed in a Brooklyn townhouse.

New York City's only preserved family home from the 19th century.

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

A no-frills cinephile haven known for showing offbeat, underseen films.

Oldest existing church in New York and the inspiration for Washington Irving's "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow."

Those belting out show tunes in this West Village piano bar might not realize it marks the site where Thomas Paine died in 1809.

Check out the underground party scene at the "Burning Man of Brooklyn."

An annual extravaganza of Broadway theater memorabilia.