Places firienfeld Wants to Go

A fully functional, 200-year-old remnant of the time when Brixton was mostly fields.

High-end antique collection housed in a centuries-old church.

This hidden rooftop garden in downtown London offers a quiet respite from a bustling city.

This educational institution and reference library specialize in the psychic arts and mediumship.

The mysterious, fantastical woodland inspiration for "The Lord of the Rings."

This shop and gallery is a modern-day cabinet of curiosities, unassumingly positioned along an urban thoroughfare.

A kaleidoscopic warehouse-maze of handmade neon signs.

Walk into the 19th century without leaving Brooklyn.

The saddest little diner in New York.

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

Rat sculptures try to infiltrate the Graybar Building in an architectural tribute to New York City's nautical history.

A prohibition era watering hole for the police.

This speakeasy continues the Prohibition-era legacy of Harlem's jazzy Swing Street.

New York City's only radical feminist independent bookstore.

The iconic Manhattan corner that was once the site of the Beastie Boys' fake clothing store.

A collection of fanzines, recordings, and documents detailing the rise and influence of the feminist punk movement.

Bowl in splendor, if you're lucky.

Unlock the secrets of the conjuring arts.

Unique antiquarian shop specializing in globes, maps, and prints.

The "Seinfeld" diner.

Try not to get slimed in Tribeca.

The site of one of the strangest disasters in history—a wave of deadly molasses traveling at 35 mph.

Expertly restored pinball machines as far as the eye can see.

This small museum is an eccentric shrine to boyhood in the 1960s.