Places RobinL2 Wants to Go

The private island of Yale's elite Skull & Bones society is kind of a dump.

This sprawling art park is filled with sculptures, nature trails, and art workshops.

This former hub for crafty philosophers was founded by a writer who died aboard the infamous RMS Lusitania.

Three gardens with toilets and urinals filled with bright flowers started as a protest against zoning rules.

Opened in 1947, this is the oldest continuously-operating drive-in theater in New York.

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

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

A near tragic event on this bridge helped inspire the classic film "It's a Wonderful Life."

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

Supremely flaky treats await at Amadou Ly’s boulangerie and patisserie.

This Catskills museum preserves stumps from the earliest known fossil forest on Earth.

The final resting place for the famed creator and narrator of "The Twilight Zone."

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

This graceful little figure is a one-of-a-kind version of the cherished character.

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

Now the final resting place of prominent artists and musicians, it was originally founded to separate the rich from the poor in death.

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

The largest guitar store in the world has been visited by some of music's all-time greats passing through upstate New York.

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

This New York estate was designed to resemble a medieval Scottish castle.

An eccentric playboy's astounding natural history collection.

Hundreds of numbered stakes hidden in the woods mark the graves of the lost souls of a nearby asylum.

The oldest continuously inhabited street in America.

"Call for the doctor, call for the nurse... Vote!! said the lady with the alligator purse."