Places texbenedict Wants to Go

This Central New York ghost town was once a prosperous railroad community.

The lost town of Neversink, sunk by New York City.

The oldest continuously inhabited street in America.

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

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

A monument to an Irish secret society thought to be responsible for a string of violent attacks in Pennsylvania coal mines.

In Cold Spring, New York, a shrine containing Godzilla and an assortment of plastic dinosaurs stands dedicated to a teenager who died in a car accident in 1996.

These hooded graves are the only of their kind in the United States.

The first evidence of some of the Earth's earliest life was found in this fossilized undersea grotto.

Whale bones, scrimshaw, and sperm oil make up just a part of this comprehensive collection of whaling history.

The oldest living organism in New York City. Maybe.

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

Some of the earliest burial grounds of New York State are to be found hidden away in this quaint town.

A long abandoned hospital building on the outskirts of NYC.

The last standing puppet theater on Long Island.

Nondescript elevator doors open to reveal a stunning, surreal world.

This abandoned building made of petrified wood was once a hotspot for buying moonshine.

This 150-year-old train station and caboose have been turned into a railroad museum, enjoyed by young and old alike.

Edison's cast-in-place concrete houses were a failure, but way ahead of their time.

In the power of this waterfall, Alexander Hamilton saw the potential for industry.

Infamous marsh filled with toxic waste, World War II-era London rubble, and dead mobsters galore.

Out of a labyrinth of abandoned tunnels and stops, this Queens subway station is arguably the most mysterious—if it exists at all.

The most radioactive spot in New York City can also fix your muffler.

A burial ground of rusting metal grave markers.