Places jordank Wants to Go

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

Empty, but not abandoned, this cavernous Brooklyn loading dock was once considered the largest individual building in the world.

The most unloved grain elevator in Brooklyn was a “Magnificent Mistake.”

Walk into the 19th century without leaving Brooklyn.

In the middle of downtown Brooklyn lies a 165 year old secret hidden right below the surface (closed to the public indefinitely).

This innocent-looking townhome is actually a subway exit.

Abandoned power station once home to a squatter community, now being developed into an arts center.

Ride the subways of yesteryear.

The oldest Dutch colonial stone house in New York City is a hidden gem on the border of Brooklyn and Queens.

A once crucial portion of the Long Island railroad still lays abandoned, waiting to be turned into an urban park.

Two New York rooftops are home to the largest rooftop soil farms in the world.

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.

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

Read between the lines of the subway map to find the hidden abandoned Civil War fort.

A rare example of World War I trenches from the British front.

In an area where the remnants of WWI are discovered on a regular basis this preserved frontline trench may be the most amazing.

Lavish royal estate punctuated with heated greenhouses.

A winding, blood-red tunnel of hardened lava navigable by foot.

Shoot for par over the bodies of the dead on this cemetery-cum-golf course.

27-room home built with the fortune of a sugar magnate.

An elaborate gift from Claus Spreckels is now a piece of San Francisco history.

A free, public museum dedicated to the fascinating science of sight.

A mysterious painting of the self-declared Emperor of the United States watches over a local hof-brau.

The grand, column-fronted, sculpture-adorned home of the ambitious digital library.