Places johnmanning Wants to Go

The internal railway of one of the biggest steel plants in America has been transformed into a linear park with unique industrial views.

A train station that was abandoned by the coal industry and converted into a cocktail bar. Now it’s home to the local visitor bureau.

A restored Pittsburgh house of God has been converted to a marvelous house of suds.

This little museum in the town where zombies were born celebrates the living dead.

A modern ghost town whose inhabitants were driven away by the growth of nuclear power.

One of the steepest streets in the United States makes an intriguing challenge for cyclists.

Collection of trolley cars in the woods represent one man's attempt to preserve transportation history.

The world’s first penitentiary, meant to be humane, drove men insane.

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

Mysterious rocks that ring musically when struck.

America's most famous museum of medical oddities is home to the remains of Albert Einstein's brain.

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

You can still ride this 100-year-old work of art in Brooklyn's largest public park.

The crown jewel of the Queens Museum is a nearly 10,000-square-foot architectural model of the city originally built for the 1964 World's Fair.

One of the last few places in Manhattan that employed a pneumatic systemic keeps it on display.

The remnants of two World's Fairs are here, complete with a 12-story globe, a mini-Manhattan, and a UFO-shaped pavilion.

Once the tallest building in the world and the site of “the highest dinner ever held in New York” this building now holds the most expensive penthouse in the city.

The oldest surviving bridge in New York City, which reopened to pedestrians in 2015.

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

This abandoned subway station beneath the Waldorf-Astoria hotel is allegedly used to secretly transport presidents.

Manhattan’s Battery Park has a whimsical carousel full of spinning, glowing fish.

A crumbling hospital from the 1850s on Roosevelt Island.

Elevated freight railway turned wildly successful urban park.

One of the most enjoyable bits of history at Coney Island and “the most romantic ride in the world.”