Places larryhockett Wants to Go

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

For over 30 years the walls of this Harlem schoolyard have been a gallery of street art by "Kings and better."

The "Seinfeld" diner.

An unassuming secret door once led to a legendary watering hole.

The oldest operating apothecary in the US has treated everyone from Thomas Edison to Mark Twain.

The name of this famed hospital was once a byword for the horrors of medical and psychiatric care.

A legendary speakeasy bookstore returns from the brink.

Hidden in an ordinary Midtown building is a one-room museum dedicated to the greatest escape artist.

A hands-on traveling collection of the innovative devices of yesteryear.

One of only two commuter aerial tramways in the United States.

The one-stop shop for all of your superhero (or evil arch-nemesis) needs.

This little museum is built on a theater that was once a wildly elaborate speakeasy.

The world’s oldest and biggest bookstore stocking only mystery, crime fiction, espionage, and thrillers.

Try not to get slimed in Tribeca.

Tucked in the back of this amazing antique store is an important piece of medical history.

A crumbling hospital from the 1850s on Roosevelt Island.

Solving a 60-year mystery finally gave a name to the young woman known only by the color of her clothes.

Ghost stories surrounded this “castle,” the only structure from a huge mansion that was never built.

This seaworthy collection was sparked by one man's passion for sailing.

Medical history museum featuring a lovely doctor's office from the 1800s.

The library of every book lover's dreams.

A library of only unpublished manuscripts.

A park filled with vibrant mosaics created by more than 300 folk artists.

A small "palace" and museum made of, and devoted entirely, to salt.