Places A.M. Brune Wants to Go

The loneliest island in New York.

The legendary court where emerging basketball players gain their street cred.

These sculptures were designed to beautify this neighborhood when it was established in the 1940s.

You must take the A train... to the last active cemetery in Manhattan.

A Manhattan Episcopal church with an eerie underground crypt.

The oldest house in Manhattan is now a museum that remembers the home's sordid history of scandals, vice-presidents, and ghosts.

A discreet little stairway on St. Nicholas Avenue leads to a quaint and unexpected cobblestone street of 19th century wooden rowhouses.

An isolated beacon with a history of grisly murder and a view of some of literature's greatest inspirations.

The oldest surviving bridge in New York City, which reopened to pedestrians in 2015.

One of the last Jazz Age "Wonder Theaters" in New York City.

Hordes of precariously balanced stone figures crowd the shores of the Hudson River.

The first and only carousel with a lineup entirely of insects.

Little Red Lighthouse under the George Washington Bridge.

Because holiday cheer is at its finest when it includes eerie mannequins, right?

This abandoned caretaker's apartment is one of 13 left in the New York Public Library system.

The mosaic Star of David at the front of this store hints that it's no ordinary Italian grocer.

The poet's been ambling through these New York woods since 1940.

This old estate is a remnant of when the Bronx was a popular summer destination for wealthy New Yorkers.

The mummified relics of an American missionary.

Collect holy water from a Bronx grotto.

A World War II-era submarine is stuck in the mud in New Jersey.

Every year model trains zip through a miniature New York City that's now 150 landmarks strong.

A small graveyard is hidden in the midst of a bustling university campus.

The famous author's cottage hideaway.