Places sarakreep Wants to Go

Located just behind a quiet residential neighborhood, this is ground zero for the Salem witchcraft hysteria of 1692.

A 12,000-year-old bog boasting rare plants and fauna.

A small obelisk marks the spot where Captain Sam Greele was killed by a falling tree.

These commemorative stones honor a young woman born in captivity.

The monument dedicated to Phineas Gage in the town where his accident happened.

Antique gaffe kept in the basement of a small Vermont natural history museum.

Long-forgotten artifacts give incredible insight into New York's most glamorous hotel.

The best B-movies filmed on a shoestring budget were born here.

"A hideous albatross in the Hudson River Valley."

One of the few remaining American elm trees in New York’s Tompkins Square Park was the birthplace of a new religion.

Serving Central Asian breads that range from cracker-crisp to warm and fluffy, this bakery brings Bukhara to Queens.

This was one of the first (and last) university-built and operated nuclear reactors.

See wolves, coyotes, and arctic foxes in a natural environment smack in the middle of New York State.

This collection started by a Cornell professor once held more than 600 human brain specimens, including the one that belonged to its founder.

Eclectic architecture in the woods of New York.

A posh members-only club with a literally dramatic history.

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

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

Toxic waste disaster that founded the Superfund program.

Imagine having a street run right through your home, or better yet, a historic bridge three stories high.

This outpost of America's most popular fast-food restaurant is housed inside a palatial mansion.

The mummified relics of an American missionary.

The first piece of public art dedicated to LGBT rights.

This exemplar of modernist architecture is meant to captivate and inspire students of the Cooper Union.