Places Longarms McGee Wants to Go

A man used his Civil War-era fortune to build this sanctuary in memory of his wife.

The final resting place of President Chester A. Arthur and hundreds of others from Revolutionary War soldiers to poets, politicians, and painters.

The largest museum dedicated to Italian Americans on the East Coast is located in a 100-year-old church.

A plaque on a rock dedicated to a famous, forgotten author, and put in an impossible place.

Hundreds of numbered stakes hidden in the woods mark the graves of the lost souls of a nearby asylum.

Decades after testing the polio vaccine on unwitting patients, this historic mental hospital sits in ruin.

The highest point in New Jersey is marked by a massive, if simply named, obelisk.

Once in a state of dilapidation, this candy-inspired fortress is now being revived.

An approximately 500 million-year-old rock outcropping covered in fossilized bacteria.

This disastrous New Jersey safari park saw animal attacks, escapes, and disease before being abandoned.

This old-fashioned candy shop, ice cream parlor, and diner served as the setting for one of TV's most controversial series finales.

Edison's cast-in-place concrete houses were a failure, but way ahead of their time.

The radio station that's been promising to make love to you for the last 15 years—if you happen to be on one specific block in suburban New Jersey.

In the power of this waterfall, Alexander Hamilton saw the potential for industry.

The only remaining piece of hull of the most decorated US ship of WWII is this giant name plate.

This 150-year-old train station and caboose have been turned into a railroad museum, enjoyed by young and old alike.

This New York florist also sells traditional tofu pudding.

Read between the lines of the subway map to find the hidden abandoned Civil War fort.

Legendary private island in the Bronx...devoid of rats.

The loneliest island in New York.

This old estate is a remnant of when the Bronx was a popular summer destination for wealthy New Yorkers.

Forgotten under the construction of a new urban roadway is a small, abandoned part of town.

An Escher-inspired library dedicated to the wonders of the human mind, yet closed to the public.

The "Skinny House" is made from scrap, salvage, and a neighbor’s kindness.