Places stephbrody31 Wants to Go

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

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

Western New York's largest independent bookstore doubles as a historical repository of all things Niagara Falls.

Created by four famous men, the beautifully designed Buffalo State Asylum was resurrected as a hotel and art center, but still boasts a ghost story or two.

What happens here stays here – unless it affects the whole world.

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

The only intersection in America where the buildings on all four corners were built pre-Revolutionary War.

Spiral-bound community recipes and antiquarian gems mingle at this small East Village shop.

Dine on dumplings at the oldest dim sum restaurant in New York.

This locally-famous crevasse in New York State is icy all year round.

Surprisingly aquamarine waters fill deep lakes formed at the end of the last ice age.

A hidden architectural treasure in New York's Brooklyn.

An abandoned 19th century quarry in the middle of the woods, remade by unnamed wanderers into a massive series of rock thrones.

A posh members-only club with a literally dramatic history.

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

A nearly 100-year-old dining car in upstate New York embodies the golden age of roadside dining.

The largest known open fault in the United States is basically a giant natural refrigerator.

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

Every dish is blessed in this basement eatery beneath a Hare Krishna temple.

This tiny church near Sleepy Hollow contains Henri Matisse's last work, a rose window, and nine windows by Marc Chagall.

One of the few Glatt kosher delis in the United States is a cornerstone of its Hasidic neighborhood.

One of the city’s oldest watering holes was originally the home of a famous James Brown (not that one).

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

A Ukrainian church canteen doles out hearty fare in an East Village basement.