Places sadbread99 Wants to Go

An abandoned asylum once on the cutting edge of lobotomies may be reborn as a Christian college.

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

This dilapidated castle-like structure overlooks the Hudson River at one of its widest points and was once home to nuns.

The first pet cemetery in the United States.

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

Not even a series of devastating fires could keep this odd castle in upstate New York from bouncing back.

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

This sprawling woodland estate was the brainchild of iconic American industrial designer Russel Wright.

This abandoned ironworks was once the most important military supplier in America.

Whale bones, scrimshaw, and sperm oil make up just a part of this comprehensive collection of whaling history.

A millionaire's abandoned swimming pool from the gilded age of one of America's most distinguished families.

An eccentric playboy's astounding natural history collection.

An enormous cat made of recycled wood scraps.

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

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

The seat of Buffalo government is a gorgeous Art Deco palace.

One of Frank Lloyd Wright's greatest—and favorite—architectural masterpieces was almost lost.

A forsaken wonder in the middle of the East Side neighborhood.

Ruins of a once-prized railroad station in New York.

The absurd creation is a compulsory destination for selfies in Buffalo.

Hidden inside one of the world's most well-visited zoos is a secret plaque promising eternal life.

The first and only carousel with a lineup entirely of insects.

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

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