Places maquid Wants to Go

A decommissioned military complex that's now a modern industrial park.

A living archive of urban activism and space reclaimed.

A notorious punk house turned co-op.

Walk into the 19th century without leaving Brooklyn.

An illegally built ramshackle mansion tucked in the middle of Brooklyn is now being turned into condominiums.

A modern zoetrope on the New York City subway.

Ride the subways of yesteryear.

Two monstrous warehouses. One now holds priceless works of art, the other stands abandoned and dilapidated.

Detailed facade of a brownstone in Boerum Hill.

One of only two remaining Victorian-era greenhouses in New York.

The most unloved grain elevator in Brooklyn was a “Magnificent Mistake.”

A working metal shop and venue for outrageous art and music shows in a former cannonball factory.

Internationally known record store and purveyor of "dusties."

This museum celebrating the almighty dollar lets visitors literally stand in the shadow of a million bucks.

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

Long-abandoned art nouveau baths beneath Milan's Piazza Oberdan.

The location of the last witch trials of Italy, known as "The Salem of Europe."

Three bridges and one giant canyon make up this fantastic Spanish settlement.

One of the most beautiful bookstores in the world hides a neo-Gothic interior behind an art nouveau facade.

Elaborate tile work in this railway station tells the story of Portugal.

This funeral home had the honor, if that is the correct word, of hosting the funeral of the famous Sacco and Vanzetti.

This eccentrically decorated palace is replete with grottoes, fountains, tunnels, and caves.

The "Little Ones," show Portugal in full miniature splendor.

A king's pet, a pope's gift, an artist's inspiration, and a tragic shipwreck.