New York, New York
The Village Gate Sign
The former sign of this immortal music venue is just that--undying.
Places sierrawest Wants to Go
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Places I want to go
Places on this traveler's wishlist.
Rochester, New York
The Dr. Seussophone
A Seussian sculpture made of brass instruments.
Saratoga Springs, New York
Orenda Spring Tufa
A beautiful multicolored mound formed by the mineral deposits of the Orenda Spring.
Bronx, New York
Bartow-Pell Mansion
This old estate is a remnant of when the Bronx was a popular summer destination for wealthy New Yorkers.
Albany, New York
The Mummy Ankhefenmut
A CT scan revealed the identity of this 3,000-year-old mummy that everyone erroneously thought was female.
Jamestown, New York
National Comedy Center
The first and only American institution dedicated to the enduring value of comedy in the United States.
Syracuse, New York
Upside-Down Traffic Signal
A reversed traffic signal that was once violently misinterpreted as a statement on British-Irish relations.
Brooklyn, New York
Brooklyn Theatre Fire Memorial
A mass grave for victims of one of the city’s worst fires.
Fishers Island, New York
North Dumpling Island
Want to build a wind turbine? Secede from the nation.
Keene Valley, New York
Mount Marcy
The summit Roosevelt conquered before he descended to become The Chief.
New York, New York
Marble Hill
Manhattan and the Bronx have been playing tug-of-war over this former island neighborhood for more than a century.
New York, New York
Amiable Child Monument
One of the only single-person private gravesites in New York City.
Boiceville, New York
Steve Heller's Fabulous Furniture (and Sculpture Garden)
Homemade rockets, dinosaurs, and robots make this New York small business much more than a furniture store.
Bronx, New York
Banana Ripening Facility
Despite not growing anywhere near New York City, bananas are ripened in a pressurized room in the Bronx using precise banana science.
Kinderhook, New York
Ichabod Crane Schoolhouse
The schoolhouse where Jesse Merwin, the inspiration for the "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" character, once taught.
Sleepy Hollow, New York
Headless Horseman Bridge
The real-life site of Ichabod Crane's infamous gourd attack.
Buffalo, New York
Buffalo City Hall
The seat of Buffalo government is a gorgeous Art Deco palace.
Brooklyn, New York
Bomelstein's Jewelers Clock
The only surviving sidewalk clock in Brooklyn.
Rochester, New York
Rochester Lilac Festival
One of the largest festivals of flowers in North America takes place, appropriately, in the Flower City.
Roscoe, New York
Agloe, New York
A fictional town that was briefly brought to life before fading once again out of existence.
Hillsdale, New York
Circle Museum
Eight whimsical acres of metal art.
Penn Yan, New York
Largest Pancake Griddle In the World
This oversize piece of novelty cookware once cooked the largest pancake in the world.
Barryville, New York
Roebling's Delaware Aqueduct Suspension Bridge
Oldest existing wire suspension bridge in the United States.
New York, New York
Central Filing Bar
A hidden bar inside an ad agency has a deliberately misleading name, so employees can stay late under pretext of paperwork.
