Places aeholmquist Wants to Go

The oldest family-run luncheonette in New York, last renovated in 1948, still serves food and drinks the old-fashioned way.

A room in New York City that contains 250 cubic yards of dirt.

Amid the bustle and noise of the Financial District hides a secluded garden oasis above the city streets.

Manhattan’s Battery Park has a whimsical carousel full of spinning, glowing fish.

Elevated freight railway turned wildly successful urban park.

A miniature rainforest is growing inside of a Midtown Manhattan office building.

New York's oldest magic store.

Dodge prohibitionists and slide through the telephone booth in Crif Dogs.

A treasure trove of artifacts, books, and artwork from the "golden age" of exploration.

Tucked in the back of this amazing antique store is an important piece of medical history.

A tiny museum housed in a New York freight elevator specializes in the "overlooked, dismissed, or ignored."

La Monte Young and Marian Zazeela's "Dream House" will immerse you in an ever changing world of sound and light.

A replica viking ship from the Chicago World's Fair is still in dry dock in an Illinois park.

A onetime gangsters' hideaway where you can dine on steaks, fine wines, and cigars just like they once did.

This elaborate Hindu temple is located in a Chicago suburb, but looks like it was transported directly from India.

Arguably the best example of an authentic Dutch windmill in the United States, rivaling its counterparts in the Netherlands.

World's second largest particle accelerator, where nature reveals its secrets.

A tribute to one granddaughter's old apartment which now represents the whims of each visitor.

Cold War missile launch site which has been converted to a public park.

This botanical garden outside Chicago boasts an array of more than 300 varieties of lilacs.

This overgrown Illinois water park offers a whole new type of adventure.

Julia Buccola Petta's body was peculiarly well-preserved when it was exhumed six years after her death.

Museum dedicated to the art of cutting and polishing stones.

A plaque marks a former safe house on the secret route, now hidden next to a McDonald's.