Places sierrawest Wants to Go

During the American Revolution, this mansion hosted failed peace talks between the British and Americans.

Tucked away on the second floor of a small town library is one of the great private Victorian taxidermy collections looking today very much like it did in 1909.

This preserved wilderness hides the remains of a colonial grain mill used to feed George Washington's troops.

A near tragic event on this bridge helped inspire the classic film "It's a Wonderful Life."

This Buffalo museum hides an Art Deco gas station designed by Frank Lloyd Wright.

A fire station-turned-church-turned-museum dedicated to the work of seminal light artist Dan Flavin.

Once thought to be the fabled Holy Grail, it is now known to be an oil lamp.

Two mermen, eternally spitting into each other's mouths.

Outstanding taxidermy dioramas showcase the grandeur of the continent's wildlife with spooky realism.

This hidden oasis features a stunning view of the Hudson River and the Palisades from a castle-like museum.

Spies, love letters, and ghost stories have all left their mark on this home-cum-museum.

Lehigh Valley barge No. 79 still gets tugged along - but now it houses a museum and unusual performances.

The shared home of a utopian commune that practiced "free love" a century before the hippies.

Teddy Roosevelt’s famous “midnight ride to the presidency" started at this small lake high up in the Adirondacks.

This overlooked gem outside Niagara Falls preserves and celebrates Iroquois culture.

The oldest continuously operating farm in New York State.

New York's southernmost subway station is whimsically wavy.

A hamlet full of permanent Christmas spirit holds one of the earliest theme parks in the United States.

Final resting place of Typhoid Mary.

This sprawling collection of saintly relics includes such fascinations as wood from the Cross of Jesus and threads from Mary's veil.

What remains of the simple red brick chapel where the women's rights movement began.

A Collegiate Gothic quadrangle that surrounds an 18th century secondary school whose financing came from the likes of Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr, among others.

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

The Binghamton area is home to six of the last remaining hand-carved vintage carousels.