Places ArthurGartner Wants to Go

A celebration of capitalism in Midtown.

Visit the site of a subway powered by nothing more than air--and lots of it.

Unrepaired walls from a 1920 anarchist bomb attack.

Pulled from the rubble of one of the worst modern tragedies, a steel crossbeam became a symbol of hope for New Yorkers.

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

During the holidays, a vintage subway train whisks New Yorkers back in time.

Dodge prohibitionists and slide through the telephone booth in Crif Dogs.

Hidden in one of New York's oldest subway stations is the final remnant of the site of the bizarre Shakespeare Riots.

St. Augustine's record-setting narrow street was designed to protect against pirates.

A secret, rocky playground hidden amongst the plain white beaches of the Florida coast.

Two men built this castle on the Florida coast as an artistic “landscape sculpture.”

The "Gateway to the Arctic" connects Barrow's indigenous population with the sea and its traditional industry: whaling.

A Civil War fort in the middle of Washington, D.C. has been swallowed by a forest.

Enormous piles of historically significant stones, dumped by Congress in a forest, and abandoned for 60 years.

A whopping 14,000 copper coins cover this miniature fighter jet.

Please don’t anchor your boat onto the Department of Defense’s underwater data cables.

This brick-lined pedestrian walkway was once a railway tunnel used during the Civil War.

This colonial tavern played host to George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and other famous early Americans.

The narrowest house in America is seven feet of pure spite.

The ruins of this long-abandoned unsuccessful gold mine can still be found.

Volcanic stone sentinels stand watch at a Korean Bell Garden in Virginia.

Exact replica of the ancient monument, but much, much lighter.

This ruined quarry once produced the distinctive red sandstone used for construction projects in Washington, D.C.

"Not too many people can say they've had a nuclear bomb dropped on them, not too many would want to." — Walter Gregg.