Places REvans Wants to Go

"A hideous albatross in the Hudson River Valley."

The life of one of FDR's possible mistresses is preserved in her palatial Hudson Valley mansion.

This stately 19th century library pushed architectural boundaries at a time when the public library movement was just taking off.

In this cemetery stands the country's first public crematorium.

Designed by Horace Trumbauer in 1893, this Gothic-style castle is now a home for academics.

Sections of the iconic limestone columns have been left uncleaned as a reminder of the city's polluted past.

These hooded graves are the only of their kind in the United States.

Memorializing an American tragedy of massive proportions.

Neon signs that grace the windows of Bergdorf Goodman's and Tiffany & Co. come from this studio in Brooklyn.

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

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

Haunted Victorian house that inspired a legendary "Ghostbusters" court ruling.

One of the earliest bowling lanes in the U.S. doubled as a sewing school during a time when women had little job opportunity.

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

The real-life site of Ichabod Crane's infamous gourd attack.

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

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.

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

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

A winding, cliffside stretch of road overlooking the Delaware River.

An abandoned castle owned and ignored by Masons carries a cursed history.

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

The hallowed remains of a 900-year old Ancestral Pueblo great house.

This opulent Pueblo Deco movie palace melds Art Deco and Native American motifs.