Places sierrawest Wants to Go

This 19th-century Hamptons windmill was once home to modernist painter Agnes Pelton.

One of the most dazzling dioramas at the American Museum of Natural History is also one of the oldest.

Hike deep into the woods to explore this Gilded Age masterpiece.

This giant rock arrived at this quiet park thousands of years ago on the back of a massive glacier.

A 120-year oil leak slowly unleashes more gallons of oil than the Exxon/Mobil disaster.

This morbid scene depicts the Darwinian drama of death on the African savannah.

Creating this diorama spurred naturalist Carl Akeley to begin advocating to protect the apes.

A temple belonging to the largest Buddhist order in South Korea nestled in the middle of New York City.

This relic of 19th-century infrastructure is one of the few remaining coal gas storage tanks in the U.S.

This elaborate tunnel is the first structure composed of cast concrete in the United States.

The only American museum exclusively dedicated to the exhibition of gloves.

The world's only statue dedicated to the greatest Great Dane in comic strip history.

This impressive scene portrays the elusive forest giraffe of Central Africa.

The small burial plot is located in a mall parking lot.

Adherence to strict Jewish laws is required to enter this ultra-conservative New York village.

The highest rapid transit station in the world.

A historic lighthouse steeped in rumors of ghost and pirate stories.

The rare American Civil War-era weapon was never fired in anger.

The return of something once considered a basic part of life.

The inventor of the Coney Island hot dog rests in a grand mausoleum in Brooklyn.

An off the grid woodland retreat that harkens back to days long forgotten.

A feminist who put a pretty face on suffrage when she rode a horse through the Capitol.

The former home of a disgraced local priest now hosts a mysterious secret supper club.

A 9-story, poured concrete structure which was used as a glue factory with an indelible smell.