Places Kelsey Kennedy Wants to Go

The oldest family-run luncheonette in New York, last renovated in 1948, still serves food and drinks the old-fashioned way.

A three-story copper skybridge connects two Manhattan buildings with Art Deco luxury.

Home to the infamous "Typhoid Mary" and the worst loss of life in New York's history prior to September 11, 2001.

The haunting, dilapidated remains of a former poorhouse on Staten Island's Greenbelt.

Mysterious 500-year-old tapestries depict a unicorn hunt.

This cemetery has graves dating back to the 17th century, including the city's oldest carved tombstone and an ominous cryptogram.

Peek through the gates at this oasis from the city, full of Old English charm.

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

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

Collapsing castle on the Hudson river was once the storage site of military surplus business.

Home to the Amorphophallus titanum "Corpse Flower," which is among the largest flowers in the world and also smells powerfully of rotting flesh when in bloom.

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

This simple, broken column marks the final resting place of one of America's most famous explorers.

When Motown musicians came to Nashville in the 1960s they stayed at this historic record-pressing company because hotels wouldn't host them.

This Memphis recording studio launched the careers of Jerry Lee Lewis, Johnny Cash, and Elvis Presley.

At 135 years old and counting, this historic print shop is heaven for poster nerds and music buffs.

The romance of early commercial flight still fills this Art Deco destination.

Where experiments are conducted on all things wood.

The home of 1.5 million wood letters for printing is still a functioning workshop.

Literally a million fascinating cartographic artifacts are held in this sprawling university collection.

Home to the world's largest refracting telescope and the birthplace of modern astrophysics.

Hidden away in the city of Madison, Wisconsin is a nearly forgotten home that Frank Lloyd Wright built for a childhood friend.

One of the largest collections of wildlife art in the United States, built into the side of a cliff in rural Wyoming.

Small island science organization offers public the chance to participate in research.