Places chrissyml Wants to Go

This vacant church in the Financial District was once the heart of New York's first Syrian immigrant community.

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

A Pythagorean funhouse that tries, successfully, to prove that math is the coolest thing ever.

Underneath the bustling city streets, a hydroponic farm grows unique herbs in an urban oasis.

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

An uber-secure, windowless tower of doom in the center of Manhattan is an NSA spyscraper.

One of the two original gateways into the Kasbah, this gateway is a nesting site for storks.

This sanctuary is home to donkeys who finally get to rest after a life of toil.

North Africa's first museum of its kind preserves the culture of Moroccan women and their artistic achievements. 

Despite his legacy of work in Spain, Cuba, and Florida, the larger-than-life writer's grave is a simple affair tucked in an Idaho cemetery.

Supposedly Satanic numbers adorn this preserved submarine sail.

The largest outdoor art gallery in the Northwest United States.

A small section of Boise, Idaho maintains the unique culture and traditions of the Basque people.

Sweet Willy, at 30 feet tall, is the world's biggest beagle.

A legal loophole makes it possible to get away with murder within this 50-square-mile section of Yellowstone.

This museum glorifies the humble potato.

These black pillars of volcanic basalt seem to call mountain climbers with an unbreakable siren song.

See just what life was like in a 19th-century prospecting town.

Natural rock water slides hidden in the remote forests of northern Idaho.

A mining town, now abandoned, was built in a canyon so narrow that the railroad ran right through the hotel lobby.

This iconic L.A. bookshop is housed in an abandoned bank—both symbolic and chic.

World's largest collection of serial killer artwork and other macabre exhibits.

During prohibition, corrupt city officials ran drinking dens under the streets of Downtown Los Angeles.

Inside this museum resides a boot fit for a giant.