Places James Ricci Wants to Go

One of the oldest continuous congregations organized by Black Americans has been flourishing for nearly 250 years.

A collection of vehicles across American military history.

This tree is a living witness to the beginning of the Civil Rights Movement.

A basement pool hall is the front for some of the best Dominican food in New York City.

Home to a timed geyser created by complete accident.

A private residence adorned with a gorgeous mural dedicated to the buzzing insect.

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

Two pillars set 10 paces apart commemorate the "last notable American duel."

A gem in the small Missouri town where Winston Churchill coined the term "Iron Curtain" and effectively began the Cold War.

A World War II officers' club features Old West murals painted by German POWs.

A statue in the Texas town that proudly calls itself the killer bee capital of the world.

An Aladdin's cave of old Silicon Valley tech.

The 40-year-old machine serves soda quicker than you can catch it for a mere 75 cents a pop.

The randomness of this wall of lava lamps helps encrypt up to 10 percent of the internet.

The unedited photograph called "Bliss" has graced the screens of over a billion computers.

Fabrication workshop where the encasement for One World Trade Center's beacon was constructed.

An illegally built ramshackle mansion tucked in the middle of Brooklyn is now being turned into condominiums.

This former Norwegian sailor's church is slowly being taken over by ramshackle robot musicians.

An art supply shop holds the secrets of this quiet neighborhood's raucous Barbary Coast past.

Final resting place of the immigrant who brought artificial seltzer water to America.

Once a dumping spot, now a park with a kayak launch.

Enormous one time fiber mill now houses local artists and small businesses.

A working monastery hidden away in Brooklyn once abutted the location of a former inebriate's home.

A world of whimsy and wonder aboard a one of a kind historic landmark vessel.