Places Sandi Hemmerlein Wants to Go

The remains of a failed subway in upstate New York is now an underground graffiti bunker.

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

A historic 1890s architectural masterpiece with an iconic clock tower that, once open to the public, now faces an uncertain future.

Deep under Manhattan is the largest construction project in city history. So far, the project has taken the lives of 23 workers, or "a man a mile."

An odd, ancient window that may have once been part of a brutal prison is embedded in the side of New York's Police Plaza.

Raised illegally, Reggie now lives at the Los Angeles Zoo after authorities spent years tracking him down.

Home to the largest urban bat colony in North America, estimated at 1.5 million bats.

Recovered from the brink of extinction, at home in the Financial District.

Empty, but not abandoned, this cavernous Brooklyn loading dock was once considered the largest individual building in the world.

A bedazzled house and crown "jewel" of outsider artist Loy Allen Bowlin.

Statue dedicated to the star of an old television show.

One of Frank Lloyd Wright's final works was this UFO church.

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

The remains of a Canadian train crash are now mouldering beneath layers of rust and graffiti.

This ruined fort hidden at the top of Central Park can't seem to keep from losing its historical plaques.

Inspiring Earthlings to Boldly Go.

Home of the "Father of Forestry."

A newspaper building that made radio history.

Victoriana on Orange Grove Avenue.

This collection of illusory paraphernalia has been culled from the history of London's premier magician's club.

Manhattan and the Bronx have been playing tug-of-war over this former island neighborhood for more than a century.

This permanent exhibition celebrates the finest of our heartless automatons both real and fictional.

This abandoned cemetery is crumbling into ruin, exposing the artifacts and bodies buried there.

World's oldest operating science fiction and fantasy club, once home to Ray Bradbury and L. Ron Hubbard.