Places wherearewedude Wants to Go

A simple plaque remembers an act of WWI terrorism that obliterated an island and forever scarred the Statue of Liberty.

This abandoned factory on the Hudson River once churned out a million bricks a week.

Reclaimed by nature, the ruins of Doodletown, New York are remnants of a town consumed by a state park.

100 massive sculptures in the Hudson River Valley.

This abandoned cemetery is crumbling into ruin, exposing the artifacts and bodies buried there.

One man's swirling six-acre monument of stone.

For over 80 years, Mayan ruins stood proudly in a most unlikely location.

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

This old cement mine has been used as everything from a mushroom farm to a recording studio.

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

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

The second largest maple syrup producer in the U.S. runs a high-tech operation.

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

The attic and basement house two museums stuffed with oddities like swallowed spoon handles and a shrunken head.

The only gallery in New York dedicated to olfactory art and the exploration of scent in art.

This little museum is built on a theater that was once a wildly elaborate speakeasy.

This semi-hidden Manhattan restaurant is based out of a loading dock.

Come for the waffles, stay for more waffles.

Final resting place of two dozen New York City harbor ships.

Devotional offerings and pleas for intercession are left at this Depression-era shrine inside a nature preserve.

During the American Revolution, this mansion hosted failed peace talks between the British and Americans.

A temple belonging to the largest Buddhist order in South Korea nestled in the middle of New York City.

A riverfront park that both remediated and preserved its industrial past.

These sculptures were designed to beautify this neighborhood when it was established in the 1940s.