Places Ariel Azoff Wants to Go

Where now stands a 42-story condominium tower of marble, glass and steel was once the central market of New York’s slave trade.

Lady Liberty's first beacon of enlightenment is now displayed in a museum near the statue.

Self-sufficient greenhouse floating on the Hudson River.

A decommissioned military complex that's now a modern industrial park.

Pluto is still considered a planet in Ithaca, New York.

A perfect replica of the beloved show's first set.

A preserved factory in the "Home of the Carrousel" is now a museum dedicated to the classic wooden ride.

"Gnome Chomsky" was once the largest gnome in the world, but is now simply tall for his kind.

Salute the leader of the proletariat.

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

The crown jewel of the Queens Museum is a nearly 10,000-square-foot architectural model of the city originally built for the 1964 World's Fair.

Malaysian fireflies create a dazzling display as thousands light up in unison.

A fiery crater has been burning in the Karakum Desert since 1971.

With over 12,000 different species of plants, this botanical garden is Japan's oldest and most diverse.

A Prada store in the West Texas desert that is never open for business.

A meteorite-bounded town in Bavaria.

Volunteer-run library dedicated to exploring five decades of activism history.