Places heitorcosta14 Wants to Go

This "Jewish Sistine Chapel" was designed to reinvigorate Judaism's artistic legacy but was almost lost to misguided restoration.

A sprawling ancient Jewish cemetery with over 30 rock-hewn burial caves.

An ancient underground cultic temple where sunlight penetrates on the summer solstice.

This subterranean funicular is one of the world's smallest subways.

Through a collection of modern bric-a-brac this museum tells the story of the Jewish people from Biblical times to today.

Biblical beasts and endangered animal preservation come together in this Israeli zoo.

This small and serene place for quiet reflection on Staten Island was built in China based on the gardens of the Ming Dynasty.

This abandoned artificial island off the coast of New York City is now home to dozens of harbor seals.

The haunting, dilapidated remains of a former poorhouse on Staten Island's Greenbelt.

One of the most enjoyable bits of history at Coney Island and “the most romantic ride in the world.”

Sniff the Titan Arum's rotting flesh.

A semi-scholarly approach to sex.

This Fifth Avenue church has long been the favored worshiping place of Broadway actors and vaudeville performers.

Whisper secrets in a busy station only to be heard on the other side of this acoustic arch.

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

Come for the sustainable organic chocolate, stay for the sustainable organic booze.

This beautiful building in the heart of Manhattan's Financial District was empty for decades.

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

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

A miniature rainforest is growing inside of a Midtown Manhattan office building.

Read a book next to a Midtown waterfall.

One of only two commuter aerial tramways in the United States.

The oldest surviving bridge in New York City, which reopened to pedestrians in 2015.

A tunnel once abandoned now thrives with graffiti art as an off-limits makeshift gallery.