Places alekg94 Wants to Go

The famous author's cottage hideaway.

This Bronx apartment building is officially recognized as the birthplace of hip-hop.

Harlem park dedicated to compulsive hoarders killed by their own junk.

These small stands sell Malian snacks to worshippers and passersby after Friday prayers in Harlem.

This speakeasy continues the Prohibition-era legacy of Harlem's jazzy Swing Street.

A memorial marks the library lobby where Langston Hughes' ashes are buried.

This curved Manhattan building was built to house the opulence of John D. Rockefeller's oil empire.

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

A 15-foot-tall statue of the head of the Sopranos family greets passengers at a train station in southeastern Lithuania.

The mounds at this site were reconstructed with the help of archaeologists and historians.

This arcade is one of the last places to catch a public performance by the now-defunct ShowBiz Pizza's house band of animatronic animals.

A unique outdoor timepiece at a "clothing-optional" resort.

Living inside a fearsome reptile in the Ivory Coast.

A tribute to Charles M. Schulz, who created the iconic cartoon that features Charlie Brown, Snoopy, and more.

World's largest carved onyx figure stands as a tribute to enduring peace.

Built in 1931, this small passageway is believed to be the first modern skyway.

A young artist's storefront brings eldritch horrors to small-town America.

Just outside Chicago, one of the few traditional Mongolian restaurants in the U.S. serves a misunderstood cuisine.

A glacial erratic in the shape of a foot rests in the woods of a restored oak savanna prairie.

This whimsical sculpture garden is a local treasure.

A private home collection of more than 3,500 cat figurines.

This bug-eyed water wheel uses the power of the Sun to clean up Baltimore Harbor.

This restaurant, art gallery, and nightlife hot spot is a love letter to Lagos from St. Louis.

Built in France in the 1400s, this gothic chapel now resides at Marquette University in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.