Places sierrawest Wants to Go

A perfect replica of the beloved show's first set.

A formerly abandoned mental institute, now back in business.

An isolated beacon with a history of grisly murder and a view of some of literature's greatest inspirations.

The home, museum, and death site of Kodak's influential founder.

The Vatican of the movie industry turned into an actual church.

This once-private estate is now a dreamy, meditative garden that's open to the public.

This tiny little island has, as the name says, just enough room for its single house.

One of many reminders of Tesla's scientific contributions overlooks the falls which inspired him.

An abandoned subway tunnel that could have reinvigorated Staten Island still lies somewhere beneath this Brooklyn park.

One of Frank Lloyd Wright's greatest—and favorite—architectural masterpieces was almost lost.

This once sprawling resort now sits abandoned, filled with graffiti and vibrant colors from an era long passed.

The wooden octagon in which Huckleberry Finn and A Connecticut Yankee were born can still be visited in upstate New York.

A collection of unique outdoor sculptures surounded by the beauty of nature.

Long-forgotten artifacts give incredible insight into New York's most glamorous hotel.

A museum collection honoring the long history of the FDNY is held in a disused Manhattan fire house.

Hiroshima survivor on Riverside Drive.

Cheap pizza and all of your naughty bedroom needs housed in a stunning example of Art Nouveau architecture.

In the middle of suburban Staten Island, a nearly 150-year-old bakery is preserving the art of a disappearing New York treat.

This stone gatehouse was once the entrance to a historic mountain resort, and it had a cameo in a cheesy cult horror movie.

The last remnants of what was once one of the world's grandest hotels can now be found in a Manhattan subway station.

The life of one of FDR's possible mistresses is preserved in her palatial Hudson Valley mansion.

"Gnome Chomsky" was once the largest gnome in the world, but is now simply tall for his kind.

This narrow shop in the East Village hosts a matchmaking service for the new millennium.

Ruins of a once-prized railroad station in New York.