Places James Ricci Wants to Go

Check out the underground party scene at the "Burning Man of Brooklyn."

A curious friendship between two inanimate ladies.

A huge resale shop for the cast-offs of the film & television industry.

Abandoned 19th century homes once occupied by naval officers, soon to be demolished.

Ride the subways of yesteryear.

A library and shop devoted to the body, mortality, and bringing to light forgotten or neglected histories

The one-stop shop for all of your superhero (or evil arch-nemesis) needs.

This metal eagle one of the final remnants of a newspaper that wanted to keep Brooklyn to Brooklyn.

The oldest Dutch colonial stone house in New York City is a hidden gem on the border of Brooklyn and Queens.

This city park was once a lookout point for George Washington’s army during the Battle of Brooklyn in 1776.

19th century cemetery hidden in Brooklyn's Prospect Park.

A band of aerialists and circus performers putting on incredible shows in East Williamsburg.

Sniff the Titan Arum's rotting flesh.

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

A yoga studio and venue for "chill-out parties" in a former chicken slaughterhouse.

A Collegiate Gothic quadrangle that surrounds an 18th century secondary school whose financing came from the likes of Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr, among others.

A Bed-Stuy gymnasium that hosts expansive raves, performances, dance parties, and more.

This recently uncovered ad for Lindsay's run at Mayor in 1965 had been hiding for decades underneath a billboard.

Con Edison’s exotic and heat-loving pests.

One of the last taxidermists in New York City.

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

Come for the pastrami, stay for the million-dollar art.

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

One of the oldest Jewish cemeteries in the city, it is now overgrown with an urban forest.