Places jesseorrvt1981 Wants to Go

Dine on dumplings at the oldest dim sum restaurant in New York.

A little lighthouse in New York City, surrounded by mysterious stories of insanity-driven construction.

A winding, cliffside stretch of road overlooking the Delaware River.

The abandoned ruins of America's first private zoo are open for exploration in the Catskills.

The world's largest kaleidoscope, designed by a 1960s psychedelic artist.

Not even a series of devastating fires could keep this odd castle in upstate New York from bouncing back.

A forsaken wonder in the middle of the East Side neighborhood.

An easy to overlook storefront hides some of the most authentic and regionally diverse Chinese food in New York.

Protecting the future of some of the rarest and most misunderstood mammals of North America.

Discovered by cows, these upstate New York show caves are presented with a healthy dose of psychedelic folk art.

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

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

This historic address is home to the beloved ball and is an almost totally empty building among the most expensive real estate in the world.

A small peaceful park and waterfall tucked amid the urban grind of Midtown Manhattan.

Touching mementoes from those who didn't make it back from World War I still hang in one of New York's oldest bars.

A six-story treehouse offers spectacular views of New York's Finger Lakes region.

The site of a tragic massacre that spawned a multimedia franchise.

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

Unrepaired walls from a 1920 anarchist bomb attack.

This speakeasy continues the Prohibition-era legacy of Harlem's jazzy Swing Street.

Everyone from Mark Twain to Teddy Roosevelt has a pipe hanging from the walls of this historic chophouse.

Here, exhibits come with a side of edible history.

Visit the monolithic tomb of America's most famous general.

Spinning silently in the lobby of an Art Deco masterwork is a massive vintage model of the Earth.