Places drsupherpen Wants to Go

This abandoned subway station beneath the Waldorf-Astoria hotel is allegedly used to secretly transport presidents.

A treasure trove of artifacts, books, and artwork from the "golden age" of exploration.

A Manhattan office building is home to the world’s largest chess board.

This unmarked and unloved Manhattan subway grate created one of the most iconic images in American cinema.

Read a book next to a Midtown waterfall.

Site of the first pathological and bacteriological research facility in the United States.

On the top floor of an upscale department store stands a lavish restaurant housed in a replica of a luxury French dining car.

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

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

Storage warehouse of the rich and famous.

Take in a rare, face-to-face glimpse of Lady Liberty at this tucked away Red Hook park.

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

An abandoned subway tunnel that could have reinvigorated Staten Island still lies somewhere beneath this Brooklyn park.

A world of whimsy and wonder aboard a one of a kind historic landmark vessel.

Abandoned 19th century homes once occupied by naval officers, soon to be demolished.

This impressive mansion in Vinegar Hill has some mysterious details in its architecture.

Small monoliths of several varieties of stone sit alongside a wooded path in the Bronx.

The gilded vestiges of a sterling department store can still be found in a Brooklyn shopping center.

Come for the sustainable organic chocolate, stay for the sustainable organic booze.

The factory that helped produce a dominant form of lighting before Thomas Edison.

An unconventional space for art and science housed in a massive old warehouse.

Micro-distillery in Brooklyn produces New York’s first homemade rum since Prohibition.

A Red Hook dive bar that is holding onto its roots.

This former Norwegian sailor's church is slowly being taken over by ramshackle robot musicians.