Places clpartin Wants to Go

This translucent sculpture represents a quintessential component of New York City's skyline.

This seemingly unremarkable boulder is said to bear the hoofprint of the devil himself.

Hidden inside one of the world's most well-visited zoos is a secret plaque promising eternal life.

This city park was once a lookout point for George Washington’s army during the Battle of Brooklyn in 1776.

A burial ground of rusting metal grave markers.

The former home of the reclusive "Weird Wendels" who dominated New York real estate a century before Donald Trump.

Red frames showcase remnants of one of New York's original subway stations.

Pulled from the rubble of one of the worst modern tragedies, a steel crossbeam became a symbol of hope for New Yorkers.

An 1883 schoolhouse now home to collective of artists.

The home of aviation trailblazers, in a remote corner of the big city.

The last living thing to come out of the rubble after 9/11 is now a symbol of hope and resilience.

The oldest living organism in New York City. Maybe.

This castle-like building in Manhattan helped destigmatize cancer in the 19th century.

Constructed in the 1920s, this former pencil factory is now an office building.

Have a steam and some blini at this cafe in a century-old bathhouse.

Manhattan's deadly West Side railroad, which killed hundreds of New Yorkers, is remembered by this simple plaque.

Final resting place for the Triangle Shirtwaist fire’s unidentified victims.

An unconventional space for art and science housed in a massive old warehouse.

Once considered the height of medical modernity, this structure is now the oldest remaining component of Roosevelt Hospital.

The Underground Railroad passed right through this historic Brooklyn Heights church.

Risk arrest while partying to fund art.

Brooklyn's Barkaloo Cemetery is the resting place of a scant two bodies.

More than 250 sakes are available in an izakaya hidden in the basement of a Midtown office building.

The oldest pastificio in Queens offers visitors fresh noodles and a peek inside the macaroni-making magic.