Places shibumy Wants to Go

Abandoned rock quarry now a haven for mountain bikers and hikers.

The quarry was abandoned over 100 years ago, after a massive ammunition explosion ended in tragedy.

A journey through military artifacts and the history of Cortland.

The library of every book lover's dreams.

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

Pluto is still considered a planet in Ithaca, New York.

This art center is way beyond your average pumpkin-carving operation.

This peaceful gem in upstate New York was chosen as the future home of the 14th Dalai Lama's Library and Museum.

A six-story treehouse offers spectacular views of New York's Finger Lakes region.

An abandoned asylum where patients have been forgotten but their possessions remain.

World's largest herd of white deer populate a former U.S. Army depot.

Launch vegetables using oversized slingshots at this Fingerlakes winery's roadside attraction.

Curtiss is a forgotten figure in the early history of flight.

In the mid-19th century, an eight-sided house was the latest fad.

A deteriorating 1990s Girl Scout camp in a beautiful lush park on Lake Ontario.

Golden plates containing what would become the Book of Mormon were believed to be buried on this New York hillside.

A field in which God and his son Jesus purportedly appeared to a young farm boy named Joseph Smith.

"Call for the doctor, call for the nurse... Vote!! said the lady with the alligator purse."

An old dining hall now serves up ghost stories for lusty locals.

A giant steel sculpture with animals in its shadows.

The remains of a failed subway in upstate New York is now an underground graffiti bunker.

A bronze ballot box stands at the spot where Susan B. Anthony voted illegally.

A room hidden behind a swinging shelf in the children's section.

The floor-to-ceiling collection in an old factory is a unique alternative to stuffy galleries.