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Pomfret, Connecticut
The Abandoned Village of Bara-Hack
A few stone foundations and an old graveyard are all that is left of this once thriving settlement in the wilds of Connecticut.
Places shansenn603q Wants to Go
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Places I want to go
Places on this traveler's wishlist.
Naples, Italy
Naples Underground
A labyrinth of ancient tunnels hidden below the city holds the ruins of 2,500 years of history.
Pawling, New York
Akin Free Library
The attic and basement house two museums stuffed with oddities like swallowed spoon handles and a shrunken head.
Shelburne, Vermont
Shelburne Farms
A massive sustainable farm designed by the mastermind behind Central Park.
Hope, British Columbia
Othello Tunnels
Railways may have forged this quintet of lovely tunnels, but now they are open to hikers.
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Newport, Rhode Island
The Bells
A crumbling stone stable and carriage house are all that remain of a manse that was once filled with Egyptian artifacts.
Haines Falls, New York
Kaaterskill Falls and the Bayard of Dogs
A stunning, two-tiered waterfall made famous by poets, artists and the legend of a ghost dog.
New York, New York
Track 61
This abandoned subway station beneath the Waldorf-Astoria hotel is allegedly used to secretly transport presidents.
New York, New York
Berlin Wall Section
A celebration of capitalism in Midtown.
New York, New York
Frick Bowling Alley
Bowl in splendor, if you're lucky.
New York, New York
6 1/2 Avenue: Manhattan’s Secret Street
Tucked away amidst some of the most famous addresses in the world is New York’s only fraction of a street.
New York, New York
The Treasures in the Trash Collection
A New York garbage depot holds a secret collection of weird and wonderful refuse.
New York, New York
The Former Offices of McKim, Mead and White
The one-time office of the architectural firm that ushered in the Gilded Age is now a Club Monaco.
New York, New York
Times Square Hum
A pedestrian island in the middle of world-famous Times Square emits a strange (and purposeful) humming noise.
New York, New York
Museum of Sex
A semi-scholarly approach to sex.
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New York, New York
Oldest Manhole Cover
Walk over a 150 year old manhole.
New York, New York
Sidewalk Subway Map
Plot your trip through the city on the sidewalk.
New York, New York
77 Water Street
A WWI fighter plane and turn-of-the-century penny candy shop are among the unexpected features of this Financial District building.
New York, New York
Irish Hunger Memorial
Blighted Irish field and the ruins of a 19th-century cottage on the edge of urban Manhattan.
New York, New York
Mmuseumm
A tiny museum housed in a New York freight elevator specializes in the "overlooked, dismissed, or ignored."
New York, New York
Old City Hall Station
The very first subway station in New York City is beautiful, decked out in chandeliers, and ... abandoned?
Shoreham, New York
Tesla's Wardenclyffe Laboratory
An unrealized dream to wirelessly electrify the entire Earth.
Petersburg, New York
The Snow Hole
This locally-famous crevasse in New York State is icy all year round.
