Places alessandralee Wants to Go

Supremely flaky treats await at Amadou Ly’s boulangerie and patisserie.

This museum-within-a-museum pays tribute to "The World's Most Experienced Airline."

The famed poet was born in 1819 in a farmhouse built by his father.

A hospital that became a college, was abandoned again, and finally became a gated community.

Beneath its placid surface, one of New York City's primary sources of drinking water hides a haunted past.

Hilltop modernist/folk art shrine and gardens dedicated to a Native American saint.

This cemetery holds the remains of an accused witch and the man that ensured her freedom.

This century-old independent movie theater with an iconic Art Deco neon sign survived a devastating fire in 2016.

A vibrant, 100-foot-tall mural dedicated to Evelyn Nesbit, the tragic icon of the Gilded Age.

This sculptural piece by the artist Tom Otterness doubles as a jungle gym.

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

A former infectious disease laboratory chronicles how tuberculosis shaped a village nestled in the Adirondacks.

In 1986, Keith Haring was arrested for painting this anti-drug mural on a Harlem handball court.

The largest museum dedicated to Italian Americans on the East Coast is located in a 100-year-old church.

A menagerie of concrete animals brought together from across New York City's parks.

This nondescript coffee shop conceals one of the wildest patisseries in New York City.

Try an original egg cream at this museum located inside one of the last surviving old-fashioned seltzer factories in America.

Polish babkas, cheesecakes, and rose jelly-filled doughnuts are made fresh daily at this neighborhood stalwart.

Time travel back to the 19th century and catch an old-timey baseball game at a 209-acre recreated village.

The largest roller-skating rink in the world.

With a history dating back to Victorian times, this architectural gem is a rare New York tourist haunt worth visiting.

A Manhattan tombstone honors a popular 19th-century heroine, now long forgotten.

A communal hub where threads of countless textile traditions intertwine.

A rare forest habitat nestled behind two sand dunes.