Places LisaC Wants to Go

More than 300,000 historical artifacts from the famous music venue, from Duke Ellington's handwritten score to The Beatles' booking slip.

This lavish room in a New York City mansion is a rare relic from the end of the Gilded Age.

An annual extravaganza of Broadway theater memorabilia.

Built as a gift to the hottest tastemaker of the time, these hidden quarters remain an Art Deco showpiece.

This mosaic dedicated to John Lennon was tended for years by a Beatles super-fan.

A celebration of capitalism in Midtown.

Wall Street has a new heroine, a bronze statue of a small but fierce girl.

The original toys that inspired the beloved children's stories are on display at the New York Public Library.

Whisper secrets in a busy station only to be heard on the other side of this acoustic arch.

The "Seinfeld" diner.

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

New York's oldest magic store.

A miniature rainforest is growing inside of a Midtown Manhattan office building.

Try not to get slimed in Tribeca.

The location where the iconic movie character declared it was time to go home.

At this hidden studio, the dying art of taxidermy is alive and well.

Collect holy water from a Bronx grotto.

A small peaceful park and waterfall tucked amid the urban grind of Midtown Manhattan.

The only rotating bar in New Orleans has been slowly spinning since 1949.

A beautiful collection of architectural ornaments rescued from demolished New York City buildings.

The oldest surviving synagogue in New York City is now a soaring art space.

One of the last Jazz Age "Wonder Theaters" in New York City.

Pennsylvania's own Roswell-style UFO mystery.

The universally beloved children's television figure is interred on a high hilltop in one of western Pennsylvania's oldest cemeteries.