Places Longarms McGee Wants to Go

Tucked behind New Jersey's abandoned Gingerbread Castle lie the eerie ruins of a once-flourishing paper mill.

Series of storm drains connected to a dark urban legend.

The largest Buddha statue in the Western Hemisphere is just 50 miles north of NYC.

Dedicated to a local cow who escaped a slaughterhouse and became an international symbol of peace.

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

Discover the taste of mold.

This diesel train serviced the Brooklyn waterfront for more than three decades.

Wine bottle sculpture with a ship's stateroom inside.

The lesser-known Alice sculpture of Central Park dedicated to the “godmother of American children.”

Even for Egyptian royalty, the afterlife was bring-your-own-beef.

The oldest family-run luncheonette in New York, last renovated in 1948, still serves food and drinks the old-fashioned way.

This small New York museum celebrates the mountainous artwork of a Russian mystic.

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

A riverfront park that both remediated and preserved its industrial past.

Designed by famed 20th-century architect Cass Gilbert, the future of this abandoned 1908 rail station is currently in limbo.

A fictional town that was briefly brought to life before fading once again out of existence.

Thousands of bottles that have held everything from poison to perfume make up the collection of this small museum.

Eccentric concrete mansion and museum designed and built by hand from the inside out.

An extraordinary collection of vampire-themed antiques lurks on the second floor of a store.

A staggering collection of photographs depicting medical, social, and historical change.

An extensive collection of fine art devoted to man's best friend.

The abandoned ruins of America's first private zoo are open for exploration in the Catskills.

The head of a legendary creature allegedly killed during colonial times is now on display at a local restaurant.

A century-old historical movie theatre that plays a mix of independent and mainstream films.