Places John Chayrigues Wants to Go

An institution dedicated to the towering buildings that make up skylines in New York City and around the world.

This hilltop park offers magnificent views and a Frank Lloyd Wright masterpiece.

Frank Lloyd Wright died a year before construction on his largest public project even began.

The famed architect designed this Minnesota gas station of the future with a lookout tower.

One of Frank Lloyd Wright's final works was this UFO church.

Six tiny houses built for working class people form the largest intentional cluster of Wright homes anywhere.

This Frank Lloyd Wright summer house was designed along Lake Erie as a retreat for a client's wife.

Frank Lloyd Wright built this suburban synagogue late in life, but it stands among his most iconic masterpieces.

This forgotten Frank Lloyd Wright house is an architectural marvel at the end of a sleepy residential street.

One of Frank Lloyd Wright's greatest—and favorite—architectural masterpieces was almost lost.

A Victorian marvel of engineering is now a 21st-century tourist attraction.

Ruins of the elaborate house where the enigmatic costume designer threw glamorous parties for New York's theatrical elite.

The oldest house in Manhattan is now a museum that remembers the home's sordid history of scandals, vice-presidents, and ghosts.

The boulder on which Alexander Hamilton laid his head after a deadly duel can still be visited on the New Jersey coast.

A sewing machine tycoon built this miniature castle for the people and to beautify a lakeshore.

A favorite Paris bar for U.S. expats, including Gershwin, Hemingway, and James Bond.

In its day this historic fort held 100 cannons pointed in almost every direction to protect New York.

Created by four famous men, the beautifully designed Buffalo State Asylum was resurrected as a hotel and art center, but still boasts a ghost story or two.

This historic island prison holds one of the dungeons from the Count of Monte Cristo even though it is a work of fiction.

Inspiring Herman Melville and Henry David Thoreau, Mount Greylock in western Massachusetts is the highest point in the state at 3,491 feet above sea level.

The high point on the 16th president's eponymous roadway is marked by a massive version of his head.

This chilly Canadian hotel has a four-month lifespan due to the unusual material it's made of.

The largest wooden building in the world now houses a fascinating collection of aircraft.

Shipwrecks, ruins, and turtles are all that remain on this haunting Caribbean ghost island.