Places sierrawest Wants to Go

A mysterious echo seems to defy the laws of acoustics.

This lavish room in a New York City mansion is a rare relic from the end of the Gilded Age.

The abandoned grounds and derelict greenhouses of this once-magnificent Edwardian estate are now a nature preserve open for exploration.

Why have you never heard of the second most popular tourist site in New York?

More than 300,000 historical artifacts from the famous music venue, from Duke Ellington's handwritten score to The Beatles' booking slip.

A uniquely lettered street sign marks the corner where the iconic word game was invented.

A forsaken wonder in the middle of the East Side neighborhood.

Built hundreds of years ago this downtown iron barrier once protected a much despised king.

This sandstone gorge in New York State's Adirondack Mountains is home to waterfalls, flumes, and more.

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

The abandoned ruins of America's first private zoo are open for exploration in the Catskills.

The mummified relics of an American missionary.

This Dutch Colonial home is the oldest remaining farmhouse in Manhattan.

An abandoned Gold Coast-era mansion once intended for the exiled ruler of Albania, who never arrived.

A way to take your secrets to someone else's grave.

The world's largest kaleidoscope, designed by a 1960s psychedelic artist.

Little Red Lighthouse under the George Washington Bridge.

An old abandoned mining town in The Adirondacks where Theodore Roosevelt first learned of the shooting of President William McKinley.

This natural rock "church" might not be a proper chapel but that doesn't mean it's not beautiful.

Historical figures from New York City's Catholic community reside in Midtown.

Town full of spiritualists, some of whom are mediums, is still in full swing after 130 years.

Nature and beauty amidst pollution and industrial wreckage.

A castle built for love, and abandoned due to heartbreak.

A notorious punk house turned co-op.