Places Jane August Wants to Go

A Manhattan office building is home to the world’s largest chess board.

Some of New York's best tacos can be found in the back of an unassuming bodega in Queens.

A Wisconsin kitsch palace from the 1930s lives its second life in 21st-century Brooklyn.

More than 300,000 historical artifacts from the famous music venue, from Duke Ellington's handwritten score to The Beatles' booking slip.

This Russian bar-restaurant lies within a three-story underground bathhouse.

In the middle of suburban Staten Island, a nearly 150-year-old bakery is preserving the art of a disappearing New York treat.

This historic building housed the surviving crew members of the Titanic, who were left destitute after the wreck.

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

This interactive gallery makes you feel like you've stepped into a fantasy world filled with whimsical monsters.

The New York hotel where tragic visionary Nikola Tesla spent his final hours, destitute and alone but for the pigeons.

Those belting out show tunes in this West Village piano bar might not realize it marks the site where Thomas Paine died in 1809.

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

A Victorian cemetery in the heart of Brooklyn remains a popular mecca of morbid curiosity.

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

Unique antiquarian shop specializing in globes, maps, and prints.

More gold than anywhere else, ever.

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

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

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

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

A terrific purveyor of natural history objects and curios.

Its collection includes a broad array of social, geographic, graphic design, and political history.

Order a boozy baba au rhum at the oldest patisserie in Paris.

An odd museum dedicated to French fakes.