Places kyrstyn03 Wants to Go

There’s a secret bunker inside the Brooklyn Bridge, but the city won’t say where.

In its day this historic fort held 100 cannons pointed in almost every direction to protect New York.

This plot of old-growth forest is the largest surviving remnant of New York City's original woodland.

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

This small and serene place for quiet reflection on Staten Island was built in China based on the gardens of the Ming Dynasty.

The often-overlooked ruins of one of the first buildings designed by famous landscape architect Frederick Olmsted.

Ralph Waldo Emerson spent two years living here decades before it became a Frederick Law Olmsted-designed park.

An eccentric inventor's castle home with its own indoor weather system.

A single room pays homage to the prodigious achievements of the 30th President of the United States.

The former hotel where Tesla invented the radio.

This largely forgotten piece of Cold War history stands hidden in the woods just north of the Mississippi Gulf Coast.

Instead of becoming a power plant, this abandoned complex became a massive letdown.

An eerie and beautiful group of columns mark the site of a grand mansion lost to time and fire.

An enormous goose sits atop this nest-shaped home.

A former 19th-century tavern, famous for its peach brandy and honey concoction.

A hyper-luxurious, 12,000- square foot home might be buried beneath Queens, still waiting to protect you from nuclear missiles.

This hidden library of physiological ephemera contains centuries worth of knowledge on the vim and viscera of the human body.

Deep under Manhattan is the largest construction project in city history. So far, the project has taken the lives of 23 workers, or "a man a mile."

“Invented in Key West, Perfected in Brooklyn."

The oldest bibliophilia club in America, with exhibitions on historic books and graphic arts.

A bit of retro transportation flair preserved in the world's largest department store.

Bowl in splendor, if you're lucky.

A living archive of urban activism and space reclaimed.

This abandoned subway station can still be seen on regular commuter trips.