Places ERuler39 Wants to Go

Sniff the Titan Arum's rotting flesh.

This hidden oasis features a stunning view of the Hudson River and the Palisades from a castle-like museum.

Mysterious 500-year-old tapestries depict a unicorn hunt.

Hidden in an ordinary Midtown building is a one-room museum dedicated to the greatest escape artist.

A Pythagorean funhouse that tries, successfully, to prove that math is the coolest thing ever.

A natural gas leak provides a flickering flame beneath a waterfall.

A once grand hotel is being retaken by the wilderness it once capitalized on.

This ruined fort hidden at the top of Central Park can't seem to keep from losing its historical plaques.

Read between the lines of the subway map to find the hidden abandoned Civil War fort.

The world's oldest hologram gallery and the labyrinthine laser laboratory of a holography pioneer.

A celebration of capitalism in Midtown.

Collapsing castle on the Hudson river was once the storage site of military surplus business.

This cemetery has graves dating back to the 17th century, including the city's oldest carved tombstone and an ominous cryptogram.

More gold than anywhere else, ever.

Ride the subways of yesteryear.

This little museum is built on a theater that was once a wildly elaborate speakeasy.

Under a glass sidewalk lie the remains of some of Manhattan's oldest buildings.

The one-stop shop for all of your superhero (or evil arch-nemesis) needs.

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

A crumbling hospital from the 1850s on Roosevelt Island.

This museum shines a light on the true Pilgrim experience in North America.

These impressively detailed battle scenes depict the violence and tragedy of war in miniature.

A historic custom house with ties to George Washington is now a shrine to local nautical history.

The nation's second-ever First Lady urged the founding fathers to "remember the ladies."