Places declanmar Wants to Go

A riverfront park that both remediated and preserved its industrial past.

The highest point on the island known for buildings that touch the sky.

A discreet little stairway on St. Nicholas Avenue leads to a quaint and unexpected cobblestone street of 19th century wooden rowhouses.

A playground the size of a city block is a modernist monument to civic values and public housing.

This exemplar of modernist architecture is meant to captivate and inspire students of the Cooper Union.

This simple Manhattan salt house is artfully shaped... well, like a giant granule of salt.

Salute the leader of the proletariat.

This small New York museum examines Chinese history from its origins right up to its arrival in the city.

The only gallery in New York dedicated to olfactory art and the exploration of scent in art.

Blighted Irish field and the ruins of a 19th-century cottage on the edge of urban Manhattan.

An institution dedicated to the towering buildings that make up skylines in New York City and around the world.

Amid the bustle and noise of the Financial District hides a secluded garden oasis above the city streets.

A disused quarry turned lake in the middle of a residential district.

This tranquil park with a spiral viewing tower is an off-the-beaten-path area where renowned people have planted a small grove of trees.

Take a cruise with no movement but plenty of style in this one-of-a-kind boat mall.

Twice a day a speeding train passes only inches from the homes of this residential neighborhood.

The spot where the two men ate together now stands enclosed in glass.

Home of the unusual art of water puppetry, one of Vietnam's oldest curiosities.

Life-sized painted illusions let pedestrians blend in with the street art.

A half-century-old handmade dim sum joint opens daily at 3:00 a.m.

This hulking behemoth is actually five interconnected towers built in the 1960s.

Roaming bison and a spectacular view at the highest point in Nebraska.

The universally beloved children's television figure is interred on a high hilltop in one of western Pennsylvania's oldest cemeteries.

This red-eyed chrome beast pays homage to the popular modern myth of West Virginia's insectoid monster.