New York, New York
New York Federal Gold Vault
More gold than anywhere else, ever.
Places DrJennT Wants to Go
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Places I want to go
Places on this traveler's wishlist.
New York, New York
Hess Triangle
New York City's smallest piece of private property.
Brooklyn, New York
Le Boudoir
Just your average Marie Antoinette–themed speakeasy in an abandoned 19th-century subway tunnel.
Permanently Closed
New York, New York
Goldbar
A hip bar decorated with walls of golden skulls.
New York, New York
Preserved Remnants of 17th Century New York
Under a glass sidewalk lie the remains of some of Manhattan's oldest buildings.
New York, New York
Trinity Place Bank Vault Bar
This lower Manhattan bar is set up in an old bank vault that rests beneath a skyscraper that hides even more historic splendor.
New York, New York
The SeaGlass Carousel
Manhattan’s Battery Park has a whimsical carousel full of spinning, glowing fish.
New York, New York
Lexington Candy Shop
The oldest family-run luncheonette in New York, last renovated in 1948, still serves food and drinks the old-fashioned way.
New York, New York
Mmuseumm
A tiny museum housed in a New York freight elevator specializes in the "overlooked, dismissed, or ignored."
New York, New York
Dream House
La Monte Young and Marian Zazeela's "Dream House" will immerse you in an ever changing world of sound and light.
East Windsor, Connecticut
The Bones from the Well
A replica of fossils believed to be the first scientifically-described dinosaur bones found in North America.
Windsor, Connecticut
Drastic Park
A collection of mechanical beasts with some interesting names.
West Hartford, Connecticut
'Conny The Whale'
Journey inside the bowels of this sperm whale sculpture.
East Haddam, Connecticut
Nathan Hale Schoolhouse
One of America's first spies started out as a teacher in this little red one-room schoolhouse.
Cheshire, Connecticut
Lock 12 Historical Park
This historic park site contains the last remnants of a once bustling canal system.
Stonington, Connecticut
Severed Arm of Saint Edmund
How did the right arm of a 13th-century English bishop wind up in a Connecticut church?
Uncasville, Connecticut
Wells Dinosaur Haven
A free display of artistic lifesize dinosaur sculptures in a backyard garden.
Middlefield, Connecticut
Powder Hill Dinosaur Park
This petite park lets visitors see and touch examples of fossilized dinosaur tracks.
New Haven, Connecticut
Judges Cave
The cave where two British judges hid in exile after sentencing the king to death.
Hartford, Connecticut
Ancient Burying Ground
The oldest place in Hartford is a cemetery with thousands of bodies stacked beneath the grass.
Hartford, Connecticut
Cathedral of St. Joseph
This Connecticut chapel is a starkly modern, and surprisingly colorful, architectural rebel.
New Haven, Connecticut
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Yale University's home for rare works, including the mysterious Voynich Manuscript.
Newport, Rhode Island
Location of the First Gas Street Lamp
A single light illuminates one man's overshadowed contributions to street lamp history.
Newport, Rhode Island
The White Horse Tavern
The oldest still-operating tavern in the United States was once owned by a pirate.
