Places alessandralee Wants to Go

A gigantic 10-foot tall stone man.

Reverend Jen's unique museum/living room showcases her troll collection.

A posh members-only club with a literally dramatic history.

Nature and beauty amidst pollution and industrial wreckage.

Detailed facade of a brownstone in Boerum Hill.

A graffiti Mecca welcoming artists from around the world.

100 massive sculptures in the Hudson River Valley.

Join in a Seance at the Swedenborgian Church.

Gang fights don't just happen on the streets, they happen under them too.

Possibly the smallest church in the world floats in the middle of a pond.

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

A little lighthouse in New York City, surrounded by mysterious stories of insanity-driven construction.

A self-made museum in Queens, New York continues to display the work of a sculptor known for paving his own way.

A library and shop devoted to the body, mortality, and bringing to light forgotten or neglected histories

Brooklyn vintners creating world-class wine in a city not known for its vineyards.

In upstate New York, gorgeous waterfalls and a watermill are slowly being reclaimed by nature.

Spies, love letters, and ghost stories have all left their mark on this home-cum-museum.

Named the fifth most beautiful building in America in 1885, this former courthouse boasts the best view in the Village.

Eccentric stone cairns built on a public New York City beach.

Collect holy water from a Bronx grotto.

Offbeat arts organization that hosts exhibitions, events, and explorations.

Abandoned power station once home to a squatter community, now being developed into an arts center.

The mummified relics of an American missionary.

A ruined mansion hidden in the woods of the Hudson Valley, home of a tragically doomed romance.