Places hyper99 Wants to Go

The very first subway station in New York City is beautiful, decked out in chandeliers, and ... abandoned?

Spiral-bound community recipes and antiquarian gems mingle at this small East Village shop.

This recipe is set in stone.

Unusual books about food and drink abound in this 19th-century New York townhouse.

Here, exhibits come with a side of edible history.

This subterranean oyster house has been the pearl of Grand Central Station since 1913.

This Wall Street bar was once a hub of revolutionary activity where Washington famously bid farewell to his troops.

A restaurant on Staten Island showcases a different grandmother’s cooking every night.

The "Seinfeld" diner.

Order scoops of pandan, lychee, and black sesame at this family-run institution.

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

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

A terrific purveyor of natural history objects and curios.

Conjoined twins Daisy and Violet Hilton were stars of the vaudeville circuit.

A charming monument to a very special dog.

This tiny chapel next to a highway provides weary travelers a place to rest, pray, or maybe even get married.

The final resting place of the Seminole Indian chief who fought against government occupation in Florida.

Visitors come from all over to bring gifts and tokens to the grave of Alice, who is thought to have died of a broken heart.

This museum gives tribute to the underappreciated "Down-South Submarine."

A pink and gray pair of pachyderms advertise a fireworks shop.

On Hilton Head Island this bronze King of the Sea rules all things briny—and lets you know if you’re late for lunch.

North America's oldest authentic African Village.

The language and heritage of a nearly forgotten culture can still be explored in this Southern enclave.

4,000 monkeys used for medical testing on an island off of South Carolina.