Places haydenfl Wants to Go

This abandoned subway station beneath the Waldorf-Astoria hotel is allegedly used to secretly transport presidents.

Manhattan’s Battery Park has a whimsical carousel full of spinning, glowing fish.

Dodge prohibitionists and slide through the telephone booth in Crif Dogs.

The world’s oldest and biggest bookstore stocking only mystery, crime fiction, espionage, and thrillers.

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

A terrific purveyor of natural history objects and curios.

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

A tiny museum housed in a New York freight elevator specializes in the "overlooked, dismissed, or ignored."

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

Nose around a unique collection of more than 300 natural aromas used to craft fragrances.

A psychedelic labyrinth on the San Francisco bay.

A walk-in working camera obscura produces 360-degree live images of the San Francisco coast.

A collection of 20th-century automata, penny arcade games, and musical contraptions.

The seawater playground of gilded-era San Francisco burned to the ground in 1966.

Visible below the waves are memorials to the city's Gold Rush dead.

Travelers exchange letters with woodland creatures at this mini post office.

One man's prolific, decade-long quest to turn trash into artistic treasure.

A monument to the love people have for their pets.

A store that sells all manner of bones, insects, and animal curiosities.

9,000 square feet of vintage and modern mechanical toys, dioramas & sideshow curiosities.

One of the last remaining Carpenter Gothic churches is situated on a wildflower conservatory overlooking the bay.

Junkbots and mud babies are the masterpieces in this fantastically sci-fi art museum.

Discover for yourself what Herb Caen referred to as "the best kept secret in the Bay Area."

The oldest Naval chapel in the United States is home to an incredible collection of Tiffany stained-glass windows.