Places barefootjon Wants to Go

Gigantic private toy museum featuring among finest collections of antique mechanical banks in existence.

A beautiful 62-acre Catholic shrine and botanical garden.

The naval commander’s proudest moment in battle is memorialized in this unique tomb at Arlington Cemetery.

Behind a bodega is a small museum of relics and ephemera showcasing the history of New York.

An early-19th-century hotel with a past that is steeped in the Civil War.

Daredevil repair workers can worm their way out the access hatch, loop ropes over the apex and rappel down the monument.

The beloved statue at the National Academy of Sciences is oh so inviting to sit on.