Places kyrstyn03 Wants to Go

The saddest little diner in New York.

An accidentally hidden library containing the ephemeral history of New York.

NYC's legendary underground network for bovine transportation.

Three-story slide through the New Museum.

Abandoned 19th century homes once occupied by naval officers, soon to be demolished.

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

A library and shop devoted to the body, mortality, and bringing to light forgotten or neglected histories

If you were standing here on October 5th, 1950, you'd be dead.

This recently uncovered ad for Lindsay's run at Mayor in 1965 had been hiding for decades underneath a billboard.

Here be dragons.

A garment factory hides a small Dominican eatery in the hallway to its freight elevator.

The site where Charles Dickens gave his first public reading of "A Christmas Carol" in the US.

This nostalgic blast from the grooming past is also a working barbershop.

One of the few Glatt kosher delis in the United States is a cornerstone of its Hasidic neighborhood.

Seriously good slices of Sicilian pizza lurk at the back of the Bronx's oldest enclosed market.

You don't have to be an ambassador to dine like one.

Possible relics of the ancient Roman city are hidden in this restaurant's façade.

Serving Central Asian breads that range from cracker-crisp to warm and fluffy, this bakery brings Bukhara to Queens.

Play heads or tails with thousands of different coins.

Once a popular watering hole among longshoremen and shipyard workers, this neighborhood treasure spans more than 100 years of Red Hook history.

Need to book a room at the Hotel Pennsylvania? Just dial up 6-5000.

A prohibition era watering hole for the police.

A retired subway car stands alone in a field in the middle of Queens.

One kilometer of thick brass rod laid out before your eyes.