Places Jim Dunn Wants to Go

The very first subway station in New York City is beautiful, decked out in chandeliers, and ... abandoned?

This little-known Revolutionary War fort is supposedly haunted by the ghosts of its past.

A tour de force of a fountain, memorializing a man who loved fountains more than anything else.

Golden and naked, the figure that was once the highest point in New York is all that remains of the second Madison Square Garden.

A daily replay of the experiment that proved the rotation of the Earth.

This elaborate towering structure was once famed for its revolutionary height.

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

This charming colonial alleyway is one of the oldest continuously used residential streets in the U.S.

Tour the dark and beloved poet's former cobwebbed basement, which may have inspired "The Black Cat."

This bar and museum are devoted to the controversial comic book work of Kája Saudek.

A mocking tribute to the past and modern leadership of Prague.

A 400-year-old mummified arm dangles from the ceiling of St. James the Greater, serving as a warning to thieves.

What looks like a suicide in progress is actually a statue of Sigmund Freud.

The slender brass strip in Prague's Old Town Square was used to tell time from 1652 to 1918.

What looks like a crashed Zeppelin is actually a bright, airy reading room perched atop a modern museum.

A surreal statue honoring Prague's favorite literary son.

The risqué mixed-media sculptures are supposedly a metaphor for Czech politics.

The last municipal pneumatic post system in the world was in operation for over 100 years, and may run again.

This automated sculpture of two men peeing will spell out text messages with their micturition.

A steampunk-styled three-floor factory churning out art, activism, and electronic beats.

This tipsy office building in downtown Prague was originally called “Fred and Ginger.”

This Prague museum collects brutalist relics and memories from the country's former Soviet rule.

The first museum in the world devoted to sexual gadgetry.

Two stunning 17th-century libraries and a cabinet of curiosities.