Places eicats Wants to Go

The granddaddy of all tourist traps, built on ice water, jackalopes, and a giant dinosaur.

What was once a trend-setting, phrase-coining icon of architectural splendor is now a rotting, forgotten hulk.

The life of one of FDR's possible mistresses is preserved in her palatial Hudson Valley mansion.

Neon signs that grace the windows of Bergdorf Goodman's and Tiffany & Co. come from this studio in Brooklyn.

At this small shop off a dirt road in the forest, the specialty is eel the owner caught and smoked himself.

This Central New York ghost town was once a prosperous railroad community.

This historical swimming pool near Miami is emptied and refilled each day with naturally filtered water.

The subtle science of a master molecular gastronomist.

A haunting statue called "Eternal Silence" has quite the reputation among visitors with active imaginations.

A tiny monument to the classic American candy.

Town full of spiritualists, some of whom are mediums, is still in full swing after 130 years.

Grab a life-changing ham sandwich at this former horse butchershop.

Apparently, the whole cosmos emanates from this plain concrete tower.

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

Nikola Tesla's former home contains an homage hidden from plain sight.

La Monte Young and Marian Zazeela's "Dream House" will immerse you in an ever changing world of sound and light.

A room in New York City that contains 250 cubic yards of dirt.

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

This once luxurious Catskills resort is now a haunting ruin.

A nearly 100-year-old dining car in upstate New York embodies the golden age of roadside dining.

The original Uncle Sam was actually a New York meatpacker who is buried under this historic grave.

The prototype for all Nazi concentration camps.

Not even a series of devastating fires could keep this odd castle in upstate New York from bouncing back.

Featuring a casually threatening atmosphere along with dessert and coffee to die for.