Places KJMcLean Wants to Go

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

A celebration of capitalism in Midtown.

This unmarked and unloved Manhattan subway grate created one of the most iconic images in American cinema.

A dilapidated dock tells the story of Titanic’s missed arrival.

New York City's smallest piece of private property.

A Manhattan Episcopal church with an eerie underground crypt.

You must take the A train... to the last active cemetery in Manhattan.

This hidden oasis features a stunning view of the Hudson River and the Palisades from a castle-like museum.

A large boulder marks the place where the island of Manhattan was purportedly "sold" to the Dutch.

This Dutch Colonial home is the oldest remaining farmhouse in Manhattan.

A real plaque marks the spot where a Faulknerian character committed fictional suicide.

This tiny, painted door at the base of a tree stump has been a fixture of the Harvard University campus for decades.

This hidden labyrinth offers walkers some brief peace of mind.

Final resting place of the author who wrote the ghost story "The Turn of the Screw," and his brother, the Harvard doctor and paranormal investigator.

This is the house that spite built.

This headstone-like marker inscribed with three words has been an utter mystery for over a century.

A tribute to the couples who brave long periods of separation during wartime.

This supermarket is suspended 25 feet above an interstate highway.

The macabre paintings created by famous suicide proponent Jack Kevorkian, or "Dr. Death."

The Mysterious Witch Bonney, a haunted statue in an old industrial city.

The birth home of one of cinema's legendary actresses.

Run by a eugenics advocate, this aging institution conducted secret radiation experiments sponsored by Quaker Oats.

This dam in the woods, built by Henry Ford with only manpower and oxen, holds no water and serves no purpose.

Once the largest public hospital for the mentally ill was also surrounded by controversy.