Places Sandi Hemmerlein Wants to Go

As telephones become more essential and less stylish one historic Brooklyn building remembers the days when they were a grand celebration of communication.

While it now takes more than a dime to open an account this historic Brooklyn bank still displays the opulence of the gilded age in which it was built.

The gilded vestiges of a sterling department store can still be found in a Brooklyn shopping center.

This throwback amusement park is home to rides and unique storybook figures from the past.

The smallest island in Manhattan is a manmade landfill dominated by a Buddhist peace arch.

This collection of odd proofs of concept is like taking a walk through the imagination of a Victorian engineer.

Tucked away amidst some of the most famous addresses in the world is New York’s only fraction of a street.

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

Seemingly grown on some other world, these New Mexico rock formations look like a disused science fiction set.

This geodesic gallery holds a collection of painted spheres that make traditional canvases look lazy by comparison.

Final resting place of two dozen New York City harbor ships.

This fast-food outlet is the only space and UFO-themed McDonalds in the world.

An increasingly eccentric apartment building, topped with winged beasties.

A monument to a one-legged kidnapper, horse thief, and charlatan asks visitors to throw rocks in a pile.

Read between the lines of the subway map to find the hidden abandoned Civil War fort.

This abandoned seaside fortress is now simply an imposing ruin being taken back by nature.

A former seaside jewel built for the everyman is now simply a neglected art deco fortress.

The world's largest kaleidoscope, designed by a 1960s psychedelic artist.

The lost town of Neversink, sunk by New York City.

If you want to take a peek at Area 51, this is legally as close as you're going to get.

An unassuming secret door once led to a legendary watering hole.

This hotel is located on the edge of the world's largest salt flat and is made out of the only material around.

This collection of historic puppets honors centuries of the craft.

The deepest lake in the United States, and once the site of epic destruction that lives on in legends.