Places moniquesofo Wants to Go

The final resting place of some of Staten Island's earliest settlers and their descendants.

This empty Victorian manse on Staten Island is said to be haunted but is actually a real life crime scene.

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

In the middle of suburban Staten Island, a nearly 150-year-old bakery is preserving the art of a disappearing New York treat.

A town trapped in time - 1958 to be exact.

The collection is exhibited in a Staten Island building modeled on traditional Himalayan architecture.

Once America's longest-manned military fort, now an abandoned hulk.

Crammed into several rooms of a Staten Island home, this museum is a vodka-soaked paean to the pleasures of drinking.

A mysterious statue of a leather jacket-clad rebel leans coolly on an odd yellow clock.

The final resting place of the great escape artist, where some still gather to wait for his escape from death.

The childhood home of one of America's greatest unsung troubadours still stands in a much changed Brooklyn neighborhood.

Check out the underground party scene at the "Burning Man of Brooklyn."

One of New York's best collections of pinball is hidden in a secret bar in the back of this laundromat.

The factory for the popular Dumbo location, the Greenpoint shop is a quiet gem.

Here, exhibits come with a side of edible history.

This museum dedicated to the history of the medical bone trade and human osteology.

Grotto replete with mystical designs laid out in glued shell mosaics.

At this hidden studio, the dying art of taxidermy is alive and well.

You'll find the little birds tucked within the rocks of this Australian beach.

Cooled, fractured lava formed this geometric rock feature.

For better or worse, this whimsical sculpture garden was a favorite place of Rupert Murdoch's.

A hidden lane full of top-quality street art.

A train car sitting on a rooftop makes an unlikely and picturesque setting for dinner.

This previously dilapidated alleyway has been transformed into one of Melbourne's finest hidden art locations.