Places cssjen70 Wants to Go

Bowl in splendor, if you're lucky.

The oldest house in Manhattan is now a museum that remembers the home's sordid history of scandals, vice-presidents, and ghosts.

This Wall Street bar was once a hub of revolutionary activity where Washington famously bid farewell to his troops.

A dark, dank room in subterranean Manhattan was the site of a ghastly murder.

The famous author's cottage hideaway.

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

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.

A restaurant on Staten Island showcases a different grandmother’s cooking every night.

Sniff the Titan Arum's rotting flesh.

Just your average Marie Antoinette–themed speakeasy in an abandoned 19th-century subway tunnel.

New York's oldest magic store.

Elevated freight railway turned wildly successful urban park.

Try not to get slimed in Tribeca.

The world’s oldest and biggest bookstore stocking only mystery, crime fiction, espionage, and thrillers.

The oldest family-run luncheonette in New York, last renovated in 1948, still serves food and drinks the old-fashioned way.

A treasure trove of artifacts, books, and artwork from the "golden age" of exploration.

A crumbling hospital from the 1850s on Roosevelt Island.

This remote camping site offers incredible stargazing opportunities.

Owned by Native American women, this brewery is a celebration of indigenous culture in the American Southwest.

A frozen oasis lies beneath the scorching New Mexico desert.

A blacklight journey through a celestial art exhibit.

Wee (and not so wee) footprints that insects and reptiles of the Paleozoic Era left behind.

More than 21,000 images fill this overlooked gem of a prehistoric site.

In the power of this waterfall, Alexander Hamilton saw the potential for industry.