Places johnwilcox2 Wants to Go

The rock on which Moll Dyer was found frozen to death is said to still bear her handprint.

A take-out restaurant that only serves cuisine from countries with which the United States is in conflict.

This miniature village stays behind in the Breuer Building, even as the museums around it come and go.

Finally, you don't have to be a pious Swedish seaman to relax like one.

A hip bar decorated with walls of golden skulls.

Cooks at this tiny takeout spot grind their rice flour in a stone mill each morning for perfect cheung fun.

For almost a century, this East Village newsstand has served egg creams to beats, hippies, punks, and everything in between.

Home to some of the last true noodle artisans in New York.

Love, knishes, and best wishes from this legendary Lower East Side bakery.

A prohibition era watering hole for the police.

Underneath the bustling city streets, a hydroponic farm grows unique herbs in an urban oasis.

Order scoops of pandan, lychee, and black sesame at this family-run institution.

During the 19th century, you could pay for violence off a prix fixe menu on this Manhattan street.

A historic 1890s architectural masterpiece with an iconic clock tower that, once open to the public, now faces an uncertain future.

A series of fish plaques that are embedded in the malls of Ocean Parkway.

This unusual subway stop was originally a real estate office.

A mosaic made of materials gathered from this Brooklyn community adorns the walls of this tunnel.

This suburban enclave is home to a very unique art exhibit.

Come for the pastrami, stay for the million-dollar art.

An attack on a prominent Black attorney's house sparked a watershed moment in Nashville's civil rights movement.

These fossilized remains of an ancient saber-toothed cat inspired the mascot of Nashville's NHL team.

The site of America's first commercial oil well essentially disappeared after the town went bust.

For decades, it has disappeared and reappeared as water levels rise and fall.

Once the "Eighth Wonder of the World," this iron railroad bridge was decimated by a tornado.