Places jennysgreatapt Wants to Go

The final resting place of some of Staten Island's earliest settlers and their descendants.

Devotional offerings and pleas for intercession are left at this Depression-era shrine inside a nature preserve.

Staten Island's original central park is the former home of the city water supply as well as thousands of immigrant graves.

This small and serene place for quiet reflection on Staten Island was built in China based on the gardens of the Ming Dynasty.

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

One of the last full-orchestra recording studios in New York City and an acoustical marvel.

This futuristic airport terminal was abandoned for decades before reopening as a hotel—with a vintage plane of its own parked out back.

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

This New York florist also sells traditional tofu pudding.

Combination beer garden and music venue in the heart of Wicker Park.

Nine nice parcels of land along a flight path offer a quiet respite... until a plane soars overhead.

An unassuming stone building houses New York City's oldest seismic station almost 30 feet below the Bronx.

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

The oldest private residence in New York City.

An oasis of calm amid the chaos of the boardwalk, the museum traces the heritage of this beloved beachside amusement park.

Harlem park dedicated to compulsive hoarders killed by their own junk.

Crammed into several rooms of a Staten Island home, this museum is a vodka-soaked paean to the pleasures of drinking.

Mural made of 100,000 pieces of hand blown glass, and one of the largest glass murals in the US.

Philadelphia boasts one of the best — and most often overlooked — traditional Japanese gardens in North America.

This 29-ton granite ball spins around at the slightest touch thanks to a scientific phenomenon.

The airport was once a Civil War battleground, and the earthwork defenses can still be seen today.

The iconic statue was moved to a new spot overlooking the James river after several years as a mascot for the local baseball team.

This labyrinthine resting place of Black American leaders has been reclaimed by nature.

A small Richmond island dotted with the remnants of hundreds of years of history.