Places chrissyml Wants to Go

Nikola Tesla's former home contains an homage hidden from plain sight.

The beautiful tunnel that ran from the lobby to Penn Station is still hidden underneath 34th Street.

Hidden in plain sight on a pair of Manhattan subway tunnels are a pair of public instruments that sing to each other.

This empty Victorian manse on Staten Island is said to be haunted but is actually a real life crime scene.

A band of aerialists and circus performers putting on incredible shows in East Williamsburg.

The remnants of two World's Fairs are here, complete with a 12-story globe, a mini-Manhattan, and a UFO-shaped pavilion.

Great place to have a drink and a bite to eat in an atmosphere laden with New York's Bohemian past.

Love, knishes, and best wishes from this legendary Lower East Side bakery.

The final resting place of the great escape artist, where some still gather to wait for his escape from death.

First a horse rendering plant, then a 19th century landfill, this beach is full of glass from thousands upon thousands of broken bottles.

A popular European tradition makes its way to the states on one of America's most famous bridges.

Unique antiquarian shop specializing in globes, maps, and prints.

For over 30 years the walls of this Harlem schoolyard have been a gallery of street art by "Kings and better."

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.

Leaf through over 30,000 artists' sketchbooks in what may be the world's largest collection of doodles

This ruined fort hidden at the top of Central Park can't seem to keep from losing its historical plaques.

A once grand hotel is being retaken by the wilderness it once capitalized on.

One of the last Jazz Age "Wonder Theaters" in New York City.

This former Norwegian sailor's church is slowly being taken over by ramshackle robot musicians.

Tucked in a nondescript downtown Brooklyn mall is a bar containing a remarkable turn of the century anatomical wax collection last seen in 1920s Berlin.

Tucked away amidst some of the most famous addresses in the world is New York’s only fraction of a street.

The oldest surviving synagogue in New York City is now a soaring art space.

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

The world's oldest hologram gallery and the labyrinthine laser laboratory of a holography pioneer.