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Woodstock Festival Monument
Bethel, New York
Stand and look over a field once filled with hippies. It happened in August 1969, nowhere near the town of Woodstock, a directional bane to generations of later tourists.

Sights for Oddball Excursions

Secret Caverns
Cobleskill, New York
The Secret Caverns Experience starts miles from the cave, when travelers encounter the first of its garish, psychedelic billboards.
Second Coming House of Prophet Isaiah
Niagara Falls, New York
Prophet Isaiah Henry Robertson has been directed by God to decorate his house in advance of the Second Coming.
Magic Forest
Lake George, New York
Storybook theme park -- a diving horse, fairy tale dioramas, rides, and plenty of chances to pose with bizarre statuary.
House of Frankenstein Wax Museum
Lake George, New York
With more torture tableaus than you can shake a stick studded with impaled heads at....
Motorcyclepedia
Newburgh, New York
Collection includes the motorcycle Charles Lindbergh traded for his first airplane, a police bike from JFK's assassination motorcade, and three "Wall of Death" thrill show motordromes.
Santa's Workshop
North Pole, New York
The world's first theme park still celebrates Christmas all summer. Holiday-themed kiddie rides, costumed characters, and a perpetually frozen Pole.
Shrine of the North American Martyrs
Auriesville, New York
Contemplative hilltop of religious statuary and shrines commemorating slaughtered Catholic missionaries. Closed in 2015, but should reopen later in 2016.
New York Transit Museum
Brooklyn, New York
Housed below ground in a decommissioned subway station, the city's transit history is told with signs, artifacts and old subway cars.
Coney Island - Sideshows by the Seashore
Brooklyn, New York
Historical playland of the world, with some revitalized cheese and midway romance.
Green-Wood Cemetery
Brooklyn, New York
Huge, ornate cemetery with many prominent dead people. Tours, night walks, art and music events make this a tourist attraction, not just a graveyard.
Brain Museum
Buffalo, New York
Officially known as the Museum of Neuroanatomy, this display of pickled head meat is the largest human brain collection open to the public in the USA.
Cardiff Giant
Cooperstown, New York
An exhibit of a famous 19th century flim-flam, a biblical "giant" that became "America's Greatest Hoax."
The Big Duck
Flanders, New York
A survivor of early roadside architecture, the Big Duck sells duck souvenirs to summertime city weekenders.
West Point Museum: War Booty
Highland Falls, New York
The permanent repository of America's war trophies, which include Adolf Hitler's pistol, Custer's last message, and the safety plug pulled on the atom bomb dropped on Nagasaki.
Lucy Desi Museum and Desilu Studios
Jamestown, New York
America's favorite 1950s TV couple are remembered in Lucy's hometown.
Grave of Chester A. Arthur
Menands, New York
The bronze Angel of Sorrow lays a Swiffer Duster-like palm frond atop Arthur's sarcophagus.
Herkimer Diamond Mines
Middleville, New York
Two adjacent diamond (quartz) mines vie for gem crazed tourists. The most fun you'll ever have sitting in a pit with a hammer smashing rocks. A fire in Oct. 2017 destroyed the gift shop, but the mines remained open.
World's Largest Kaleidoscope
Mount Tremper, New York
Crank your head back and enjoy kaleidoscopic thrills inside the World's Largest Kaleidoscope. The shows in the kaleidoscope change seasonally.
Key-Crazy Locksmith Building
New York, New York
Locksmith and metal artist Phil Mortillaro has covered most of the exterior and interior surfaces of his small shop with a swirling assemblage of thousands of keys.
Mmuseumm: Smallest Museum in NYC
New York, New York
Former elevator shaft converted into museum. Itty-bitty, but fully satisfying; has shoe thrown at George Bush in Iraq. Mmuseumm 2 opened next door in 2015.
Niagara Wax Museum of History: Lincoln's Haircut Chair
Niagara Falls, New York
The Niagara Wax Museum of History, specializing in exhibits significant to the region, recreated the Lincoln barber shop scene, featuring the actual chair.
Haunted House of Wax
Niagara Falls, New York
Pose with a headless Dracula in front of a Niagara Falls photo op, and be terrified by other alarming displays.
World's Smallest Church
Oneida, New York
The teeny-weeny Cross Island Chapel. Ideal spot for a limited-attendance island wedding.
Sing Sing Prison Museum
Ossining, New York
Museum with artifacts from the notorious New York prison. Which is right down the street.
Angel Was Here, Birthed Mormonism
Palmyra, New York
A statue of the angel Moroni stands atop the hill where he gave Joseph Smith the golden plates -- and if you're unfamiliar with Mormonism, that probably sounds strange.