Places WanderTheRoad Wants to Go

One sculptor's lifelong war game is the largest and longest running miniature campaign in history.

Curtiss is a forgotten figure in the early history of flight.

Golden plates containing what would become the Book of Mormon were believed to be buried on this New York hillside.

Three gardens with toilets and urinals filled with bright flowers started as a protest against zoning rules.

It wouldn't be long after purchasing this farm, Brown would lead his siege on Harper's Ferry.

A man used his Civil War-era fortune to build this sanctuary in memory of his wife.

At this farm in upstate New York, the former president plotted his reelection campaign.

A monument to the military service of America's greatest traitor refuses to even name him.

A living antique aviation museum in the historic town of Red Hook, New York.

This Catskills museum preserves stumps from the earliest known fossil forest on Earth.

The humble fort that saved Washington.

The shared home of a utopian commune that practiced "free love" a century before the hippies.

Teddy Roosevelt’s famous “midnight ride to the presidency" started at this small lake high up in the Adirondacks.

This hidden oasis features a stunning view of the Hudson River and the Palisades from a castle-like museum.

The summit Roosevelt conquered before he descended to become The Chief.

The schoolhouse where Jesse Merwin, the inspiration for the "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" character, once taught.

Homemade rockets, dinosaurs, and robots make this New York small business much more than a furniture store.

The "Skinny House" is made from scrap, salvage, and a neighbor’s kindness.

All that remains of a magnate's dream home is a historic gate and an abandoned public pool.

An unassuming island in the middle of the Hudson that hosts campers, including Aleister Crowley.

This isolated community does not want you to visit.

Six peaceful acres in a residential neighborhood dedicated to art and peace.

Believe It or Not, Ripley once called this chiseled mountainside “New York’s Mount Rushmore”.

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