Places jeffro66 Wants to Go

The site where Joe Gallo kept his guns, pet lion, and launched an all out mob war in 1960s Brooklyn.

This restored house is like a time capsule of the president's unconventional inauguration.

The only remaining building in New York to see the inauguration of a president is being slowly overtaken by a grocery store.

The final resting place for the famed creator and narrator of "The Twilight Zone."

A large boulder marks the place where the island of Manhattan was purportedly "sold" to the Dutch.

Retribution for death of infamous mob boss Franie Yale was a case of mistaken identity.

A 19th-century architectural wonder designed by the "father of the skyscraper."

Currently housing a corporate bank branch this building at the southern tip of Manhattan was once the gateway to luxury vacationing.

A near tragic event on this bridge helped inspire the classic film "It's a Wonderful Life."

Depression-era fun lives on in this Harlem museum dedicated to the sport of the street.

A commemorative plaque hides a door that leads down to the New York Public Library's underground book bunker.

Two mermen, eternally spitting into each other's mouths.

During the American Revolution, this mansion hosted failed peace talks between the British and Americans.

A hamlet full of permanent Christmas spirit holds one of the earliest theme parks in the United States.

The pioneering photographer's prints are immortalized inside her childhood home.

The legendary court where emerging basketball players gain their street cred.

This island castle contains enough secret passageways to support a season of Scooby-Doo episodes.

The summit Roosevelt conquered before he descended to become The Chief.

A reversed traffic signal that was once violently misinterpreted as a statement on British-Irish relations.

Teddy Roosevelt’s famous “midnight ride to the presidency" started at this small lake high up in the Adirondacks.

This humble historic facade hides a history of boozing and the gentlemanly sport of rat-fighting.

The smallest island in Manhattan is a manmade landfill dominated by a Buddhist peace arch.

Some of the earliest burial grounds of New York State are to be found hidden away in this quaint town.

These historic buildings once housed the headquarters of one of the most infamous gangs of New York.