Places rosetatarsky Wants to Go

Why have you never heard of the second most popular tourist site in New York?

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

This natural rock "church" might not be a proper chapel but that doesn't mean it's not beautiful.

This roadside dinosaur park offered up lumpy neon thunder lizards in the name of kitsch and education.

A sewing machine tycoon built this miniature castle for the people and to beautify a lakeshore.

A ruined mansion hidden in the woods of the Hudson Valley, home of a tragically doomed romance.

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

This landmark jazz venue is the oldest continuously running African-American club in the United States. Currently undergoing renovations, it is set to reopen in late 2025.

Buffalo's abandoned concrete grain elevators are getting a second life.

The remains of what was once the world's steepest passenger funicular.

A 19th century hat factory still stands as a crumbling ruin in upstate New York.

This abandoned factory on the Hudson River once churned out a million bricks a week.

Collapsing castle on the Hudson river was once the storage site of military surplus business.

Former 1954 Del Mar Train Station now serves signature cocktails and delightful culinary treats, and still operates as a Metro stop.

An airy would-be solution to a housing shortage.

A nursery specializing in strange and beautiful succulents and cacti.

A park with one large cat sculpture and 15 smaller ones, all painted by different Colombian artists.

This tiny shop has been serving traditional tamales for more than 200 years.

A cabin completely covered in coffee mugs, where visitors are welcome to leave one of their own—if they can find an empty nail.

These tourist trap caverns are said to be the former home of a legendary Pennsylvania Hermit.

This head-spinningly bizarre Depression-era art cave is wall-to-wall quartz and Jesus.

Exact replica of the ancient monument, but much, much lighter.

Giant pinnacles in the sun-scorched lands of Southern Utah have been nicknamed "white ghosts."

One of the last free public hot springs is decorated with hippie art.