Places jennybento Wants to Go

The loneliest island in New York.

This empty Victorian manse on Staten Island is said to be haunted but is actually a real life crime scene.

The final resting place of the great escape artist, where some still gather to wait for his escape from death.

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

The oldest surviving synagogue in New York City is now a soaring art space.

Hidden in an ordinary Midtown building is a one-room museum dedicated to the greatest escape artist.

One of only two commuter aerial tramways in the United States.

A New York garbage depot holds a secret collection of weird and wonderful refuse.

A treasure trove of artifacts, books, and artwork from the "golden age" of exploration.

A crumbling hospital from the 1850s on Roosevelt Island.

Instruments, apparatus, and rare books all relating to chemistry and its related sciences.

This museum boasts a bucket of teeth and tells the tale of a 20th-century dental circus.

What was once one of the country's largest confectionary plants is now an abandoned ruin, but is still pretty sweet.

Honoring Italian greats from Joe DiMaggio to Rocky Marciano.

An eccentric park and pool.

This surprising gem is a world-class archeological museum hidden at the University of Chicago.

An abandoned cemetery lies in ruins as the surrounding forest swallows it whole.

These abandoned grain silos and tunnels are an urban exploration dream.

Daily lunch spot for many of Washington, D.C.'s cab drivers.

This Philly cemetery is the eternal home of many famous area residents, including Rocky Balboa's wife.

A rare view of a preserved Victorian science museum.

A museum designed by and dedicated to P.T. Barnum in the town where he is buried.

A reservoir of vintage pinball machines and arcade games for the nostalgic and thrill seeking.

An eccentric playboy's astounding natural history collection.