Places amosner Wants to Go

Lie in a hammock where George Washington stood.

Frida Kahlo's childhood home, now a museum of her life and works.

The loneliest island in New York.

A long abandoned hospital building on the outskirts of NYC.

Behind a bodega is a small museum of relics and ephemera showcasing the history of New York.

This 1967 experiment in modular architecture was designed to be a new model for urban living.

The skull of the patron saint of lovers lies in the Basilica di Santa Maria in Cosmedin—maybe.

The oldest bibliophilia club in America, with exhibitions on historic books and graphic arts.

In paradise, feral pigs have claimed an island all to themselves.

Slyly buy a shake in the Parker Meridien lobby.

The famed architect designed this Minnesota gas station of the future with a lookout tower.

Abandoned medieval hill town.

This semi-hidden Manhattan restaurant is based out of a loading dock.

First a horse rendering plant, then a 19th century landfill, this beach is full of glass from thousands upon thousands of broken bottles.

In 2010, Nicolas Cage purchased two plots in this cemetery using one to construct this strange pyramid mausoleum.

A technicolor place of worship for Elevationists.

The haunting, dilapidated remains of a former poorhouse on Staten Island's Greenbelt.

Medieval museum built over Roman baths that features famous tapestries of a lady and a unicorn.

Venice's "Island of the Mad."

The tea room that pushed the boundaries of adorable straight into... we can't find the words.

A hands-on traveling collection of the innovative devices of yesteryear.

A giant bronze coil of feces is both a tribute to doggie defecation and a reminder to pick it up.

This upscale streetwear store is hidden behind a fake Snapple machine in the back of a deli.

The original "capsule building" is a masterpiece of Metabolist architecture.