Places chovanec523 Wants to Go

Ride the subways of yesteryear.

Just your average Marie Antoinette–themed speakeasy in an abandoned 19th-century subway tunnel.

A clock set into the concrete outside a Manhattan jeweler has been telling time underfoot for over a century.

This iconic meat-and-three seasons every dish with ancestral cooking knowledge from South Carolina’s Lowcountry.

A 100-foot metal tower and swinging bridge that provides stunning views of mountains in five states.

In the middle of suburban Staten Island, a nearly 150-year-old bakery is preserving the art of a disappearing New York treat.

A restaurant on Staten Island showcases a different grandmother’s cooking every night.

An otherworldly restaurant perched on the edge of a jagged cliff next to a medieval holy city.

In Little Caribbean, an ice-cream shop serves up regional flavors, including soursop, Irish moss, and "greatnut."

The French deconstructionist had a weakness for baked goods.

A century-old magnolia tree is the only living landmark tree in New York City.

This family-owned bakery is one of the last places in Brooklyn to sell the Nation of Islam–inspired bean pie.

The oldest family-run luncheonette in New York, last renovated in 1948, still serves food and drinks the old-fashioned way.

A road runs through the middle of this small Austrian chapel.

Ring the bell to enter a bar that looks equal parts museum and old curiosity shop.

Led Zeppelin wrote some of their most iconic songs at this little 18th-century Welsh cottage.

A hands-on traveling collection of the innovative devices of yesteryear.

Under a glass sidewalk lie the remains of some of Manhattan's oldest buildings.

During the holidays, a vintage subway train whisks New Yorkers back in time.

A whimsical, but often overlooked clock in Park Avenue.

Plot your trip through the city on the sidewalk.

Mysterious 500-year-old tapestries depict a unicorn hunt.

Whisper secrets in a busy station only to be heard on the other side of this acoustic arch.

This abandoned subway station beneath the Waldorf-Astoria hotel is allegedly used to secretly transport presidents.