Places chrissyml Wants to Go

In the woods of New Jersey lie the ruins of a munitions village abandoned after World War I and the remnants of a 1920s wooden racetrack.

A recently abandoned psych ward at the end of Sanatorium Road.

Series of storm drains connected to a dark urban legend.

This tiny New Jersey village has lived many lives but seems determined to remain a ghost town.

Hidden in plain sight on the Hudson River is an abandoned train station where nature has taken over.

This historic iron-working village is now a ghost town so immaculate that it looks as though it was recently built.

A storefront museum in Asbury Park honoring the Jersey Shore’s deep history of mystery—including the Jersey Devil.

Hundreds of glow-in-the-dark objects light up a museum in a historic zinc mine.

The surviving remnants of a destroyed medieval church now stand in a public park.

The last vessel built by a submarine pioneer stands as a monument to his legacy.

This monument commemorates an aeronaut who allegedly flew a plane before the Wright brothers.

This roadside stand packs 300-plus varieties of tomatoes, from "Maiden's Fire" to "Kaleidoscopic Jewel."

These historic buildings once housed the headquarters of one of the most infamous gangs of New York.

A collection of fanzines, recordings, and documents detailing the rise and influence of the feminist punk movement.

The site of the deadly Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire.

This monument to a veteran of the Mexican-American War is one of only two in Manhattan that serve as an actual mausoleum.

A 19th-century politician who died after walking home in a blizzard is honored with this Manhattan statue.

The walls are decorated with whimsical murals painted by the creator of the Madeline franchise.

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

Long-forgotten artifacts give incredible insight into New York's most glamorous hotel.

A famous songsmith's custom piano, dubbed "High Society," is hidden just out of sight in one of New York's finest hotels.

If it hadn't been caught in time, a flaw in the design of this Manhattan skyscraper could have led to its collapse.

Unrepaired walls from a 1920 anarchist bomb attack.

This anonymous businessman sculpted in bronze became an enduring memorial after 9/11, and had been mistaken by rescue workers for a survivor in the rubble.