Places hopemch Wants to Go

A massive forgotten storehouse from 1913 on the Brooklyn Waterfront has a spectacular view of Brooklyn.

This old cement mine has been used as everything from a mushroom farm to a recording studio.

Thriving meadows span a rooftop in one of Brooklyn's most heavily industrialized neighborhoods.

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

A once crucial portion of the Long Island railroad still lays abandoned, waiting to be turned into an urban park.

This otherwise innocuous bodega was once the headquarters of the most feared assassin's guild in American history.

One of the last full-orchestra recording studios in New York City and an acoustical marvel.

Hidden in one of New York's oldest subway stations is the final remnant of the site of the bizarre Shakespeare Riots.

Commemorating the spot where the famous scientist fed his pigeons.

A deteriorating 1990s Girl Scout camp in a beautiful lush park on Lake Ontario.

An odd, ancient window that may have once been part of a brutal prison is embedded in the side of New York's Police Plaza.

This abandoned seaside fortress is now simply an imposing ruin being taken back by nature.

For over 80 years, Mayan ruins stood proudly in a most unlikely location.

Two New York rooftops are home to the largest rooftop soil farms in the world.

Beneath the mossy overgrowth covering this once-sprawling campus lies decades of history and the secrets that come with it.

The absurd creation is a compulsory destination for selfies in Buffalo.

You can still ride this 100-year-old work of art in Brooklyn's largest public park.

A whimsical, but often overlooked clock in Park Avenue.

This historic address is home to the beloved ball and is an almost totally empty building among the most expensive real estate in the world.

A ruined mansion hidden in the woods of the Hudson Valley, home of a tragically doomed romance.

Protecting the future of some of the rarest and most misunderstood mammals of North America.

The crown jewel of the Queens Museum is a nearly 10,000-square-foot architectural model of the city originally built for the 1964 World's Fair.

The library of every book lover's dreams.

Unrepaired walls from a 1920 anarchist bomb attack.