Places alessandralee Wants to Go

A Manhattan courthouse hides a small but scathing memorial to Holocaust injustice.

The abandoned husk of a mental institution that failed to save a Jazz Age icon still sits nearly unchanged.

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

A tree that grows parallel to the ground was declared Brooklyn's "crowning curio" by the poet who saved it.

This abandoned cemetery is crumbling into ruin, exposing the artifacts and bodies buried there.

Not even a series of devastating fires could keep this odd castle in upstate New York from bouncing back.

Hidden in plain sight on a pair of Manhattan subway tunnels are a pair of public instruments that sing to each other.

A reversed traffic signal that was once violently misinterpreted as a statement on British-Irish relations.

The library of every book lover's dreams.

This small New York museum celebrates the mountainous artwork of a Russian mystic.

This tiny church near Sleepy Hollow contains Henri Matisse's last work, a rose window, and nine windows by Marc Chagall.

This tiny little island has, as the name says, just enough room for its single house.

Homemade rockets, dinosaurs, and robots make this New York small business much more than a furniture store.

This natural rock "church" might not be a proper chapel but that doesn't mean it's not beautiful.

This abandoned subway station can still be seen on regular commuter trips.

Guerilla gardeners reclaimed this abandoned railroad land literally putting down roots.

This outdoor gallery of graffiti-covered walls pays homage to the past, present, and possible future of street art.

Hidden in Central Park's Ramble is a troublesome cave buried just beneath the surface.

The last slot car racing arcade in Brooklyn is keeping the dream of speedy little autos alive.

One Brooklyn man's collection of life-size fiberglass statues has taken over his entire yard.

These World War I shooting range tunnels are now haunted halls of underground graffiti accessed through the roots of a tree.

An enormous cat made of recycled wood scraps.

This private island is still in the family after a 400-year history including a witch hunt, a pirate, and multiple wars.

A winding, cliffside stretch of road overlooking the Delaware River.