Places claireromama Wants to Go

In the Mound Hill Cemetery resides the final resting place of the world's tallest couple.

But did the famous feminist and abolitionist ever really say those iconic four words?

This recycled wax museum may be the only one that features John Travolta in a Bible scene.

Mausoleums, astronomy, and animatronic dinosaurs at this memorial to an assassinated American president.

Solving a 60-year mystery finally gave a name to the young woman known only by the color of her clothes.

Inside the unassuming cemetery chapel is a magnificent stained glass window and mosaics.

This alley-cum-fan gallery in the ex-Nirvana drummer's hometown holds the world's largest drumsticks.

This Czar-funded, onion-domed, lavishly muraled Orthodox Church played a starring role in "The Deer Hunter."

The final resting place of the most famous sharpshooter.

The heroic sled dog of the 1925 serum run is preserved in taxidermy.

This collection of Japanese luck idols beckons visitors with over 2,000 waving paws.

Prison made famous by The Shawshank Redemption has been out of commission since 1990.

An art deco ice cream shop covered in vintage tiles.

A castle built by an eccentric medieval enthusiast in suburban Ohio.

A simple midtown bar was once the home of a secretive and exclusive club staffed by "bunnies" under Hefner's strict rules.

A hip bar decorated with walls of golden skulls.

Tucked in the back of this amazing antique store is an important piece of medical history.

This theater opened in 1998, but both the building and the puppeteers who perform there have a distinguished history.

Currently housing a corporate bank branch this building at the southern tip of Manhattan was once the gateway to luxury vacationing.

The best way to get a sneak peek at the movies.

Jimi Hendrix's legendary recording studio in Greenwich Village.

A whimsical, but often overlooked clock in Park Avenue.

Those belting out show tunes in this West Village piano bar might not realize it marks the site where Thomas Paine died in 1809.

New York City's only radical feminist independent bookstore.