Places btmrqs Wants to Go

Imagine having a street run right through your home, or better yet, a historic bridge three stories high.

The very first subway station in New York City is beautiful, decked out in chandeliers, and ... abandoned?

Once the tallest building in the world and the site of “the highest dinner ever held in New York” this building now holds the most expensive penthouse in the city.

This former crime corner has been turned into an eclectic community center.

One of the few remaining American elm trees in New York’s Tompkins Square Park was the birthplace of a new religion.

The famous facade of Grand Central Terminal hides a regulation tennis court—and it's not the first one.

The name of this tiny pocket park tucked between two buildings on Manhattan's Upper West Side is Latin for its location: "seventy-one."

The 28-foot granite map plots the locations of 40 theaters in New York City.

A pedestrian island in the middle of world-famous Times Square emits a strange (and purposeful) humming noise.

"Satisfying" is a good way to describe these beautifully aligned rows of Spanish mills.

The medieval town's star-shaped walls are geometrically dazzling, though not entirely impenetrable.

An 11th-century medieval castle cascades over the town of Numão.

Southern Italy's spinning top village.

This community on a small Venetian island has taken to painting their houses in bright neon hues.

In the Monastery of São Vicente resides a gallery devoted to a breathtaking collection of seashells.

100 year tradition of fist fights, marked by marble footsteps.

In the past, Renaissance sex workers were encouraged to entice customers on this bridge.

This sculpture in Valencia features 22,000 tiny, obsidian blue figures that pay homage to the Lady of Elche.

This house's itty bitty size means no humans allowed.

This abandoned viewing platform has become a monument to unnecessary government spending.

A small peaceful park and waterfall tucked amid the urban grind of Midtown Manhattan.

The first piece of public art dedicated to LGBT rights.

Supremely flaky treats await at Amadou Ly’s boulangerie and patisserie.

A dilapidated dock tells the story of Titanic’s missed arrival.