Places ashleymlawrence Wants to Go

Hear the tales of New York's most notorious criminals.

Unrepaired walls from a 1920 anarchist bomb attack.

The site of a tragic massacre that spawned a multimedia franchise.

The rough and tumble president's childhood home displays the shirt he was once shot in and the speech that saved him.

Visit the monolithic tomb of America's most famous general.

A Jewish deli run by Yemeni Muslims in an Afro-Caribbean neighborhood is quintessential Brooklyn.

Avoid gangster interaction while window-shopping.

Decades after testing the polio vaccine on unwitting patients, this historic mental hospital sits in ruin.

This otherwise innocuous bodega was once the headquarters of the most feared assassin's guild in American history.

Historical figures from New York City's Catholic community reside in Midtown.

Once America's longest-manned military fort, now an abandoned hulk.

This futuristic airport terminal was abandoned for decades before reopening as a hotel—with a vintage plane of its own parked out back.

Manhattan's lighthouse, erected at the insistence of the unsinkable Molly Brown.

This sculpture by artist Fritz Keonig survived the 9/11 attacks and now stands as a monument to the victims.

The only home that Alexander Hamilton ever owned has a history almost as troubled as his own.

Bowl in splendor, if you're lucky.

An oasis of calm amid the chaos of the boardwalk, the museum traces the heritage of this beloved beachside amusement park.

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

Slyly buy a shake in the Parker Meridien lobby.

The loneliest island in New York.

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

One of the most enjoyable bits of history at Coney Island and “the most romantic ride in the world.”

A dark, dank room in subterranean Manhattan was the site of a ghastly murder.

The famous author's cottage hideaway.