Seattle, Washington
Suzzallo Library Reading Room
With its vaulted ceiling and gilded details, this University of Washington library would feel right at home inside an old palace.
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Bainbridge Island, Washington
The Labyrinth Mosaic and Halls Hill Lookout
Overlooking Puget Sound sits a garden with a Buddhist prayer wheel and an elaborate labyrinth.
Seattle, Washington
Fremont Bridge
From a neon Rapunzel to a bike traffic meter to a street fair color scheme, the most opened drawbridge in the US is a veritable art gallery.
Ashford, Washington
Mount Rainier
The highest point in Washington state is a volcano covered in glaciers.
Seattle, Washington
Gum Wall
A wall of chewing gum moonlights as collective art.
Seattle, Washington
Fremont Troll
A giant Troll lurks under one of Seattle's oldest bridges.
Permanently Closed
Richfield Springs, New York
Petrified Creatures Museum of Natural History
This roadside dinosaur park offered up lumpy neon thunder lizards in the name of kitsch and education.
Saranac Lake, New York
Saranac Laboratory Museum
A former infectious disease laboratory chronicles how tuberculosis shaped a village nestled in the Adirondacks.
Cherry Valley, New York
The Tepee
Take a trip back to the 1950s and the heyday of the road trip along Historic Route 20.
Hudson, New York
Hudson-Athens Lighthouse
A small Second Empire-style building is one of only seven remaining lighthouses on the Hudson River.
Albany, New York
World’s Largest Nipper Statue
This giant monument of the RCA mascot is a beloved fixture in Albany, New York.
Cooperstown, New York
The Cardiff Giant
A gigantic 10-foot tall stone man.
Saratoga Springs, New York
Orenda Spring Tufa
A beautiful multicolored mound formed by the mineral deposits of the Orenda Spring.
Albany, New York
The First Shaker Village
The first American home of the isolated, egalitarian religion has a trove of Shaker architecture and artifacts.
Hudson, New York
Olana
The Hudson River School comes alive at this palatial estate.
Cooperstown, New York
Kingfisher Tower
A sewing machine tycoon built this miniature castle for the people and to beautify a lakeshore.
Howes Cave, New York
Howe Caverns
Why have you never heard of the second most popular tourist site in New York?
Keeseville, New York
Ausable Chasm
This sandstone gorge in New York State's Adirondack Mountains is home to waterfalls, flumes, and more.
Catskill, New York
Catskill Game Farm
The abandoned ruins of America's first private zoo are open for exploration in the Catskills.
Howes Cave, New York
Secret Caverns
Discovered by cows, these upstate New York show caves are presented with a healthy dose of psychedelic folk art.
Saugerties, New York
Opus 40
One man's swirling six-acre monument of stone.
Ithaca, New York
The A. D. White Library
The library of every book lover's dreams.
Ithaca, New York
Six Mile Creek
In upstate New York, gorgeous waterfalls and a watermill are slowly being reclaimed by nature.
Woodstock, New York
Overlook Mountain House Ruins
A once grand hotel is being retaken by the wilderness it once capitalized on.
