Places michaelamiller Wants to Go

The crown jewel of the Queens Museum is a nearly 10,000-square-foot architectural model of the city originally built for the 1964 World's Fair.

Spinning silently in the lobby of an Art Deco masterwork is a massive vintage model of the Earth.

One of the most enjoyable bits of history at Coney Island and “the most romantic ride in the world.”

A historic 1890s architectural masterpiece with an iconic clock tower that, once open to the public, now faces an uncertain future.

An abandoned asylum where patients have been forgotten but their possessions remain.

The famous author's cottage hideaway.

The only home that Alexander Hamilton ever owned has a history almost as troubled as his own.

The oldest house in Manhattan is now a museum that remembers the home's sordid history of scandals, vice-presidents, and ghosts.

Named the fifth most beautiful building in America in 1885, this former courthouse boasts the best view in the Village.

A once grand hotel is being retaken by the wilderness it once capitalized on.

The remnants of two World's Fairs are here, complete with a 12-story globe, a mini-Manhattan, and a UFO-shaped pavilion.

This sculpture by artist Fritz Keonig survived the 9/11 attacks and now stands as a monument to the victims.

The final resting place of the great escape artist, where some still gather to wait for his escape from death.

An uber-secure, windowless tower of doom in the center of Manhattan is an NSA spyscraper.

The "Seinfeld" diner.

Try not to get slimed in Tribeca.

A crumbling hospital from the 1850s on Roosevelt Island.

The very first subway station in New York City is beautiful, decked out in chandeliers, and ... abandoned?

This hospital fell into ruins after failing to act as the advocate for the mentally ill it was designed to be.

One of New Jersey's oldest churches is a historical treasure trove.

The final resting place of one of the United States's greatest poets.

These unassuming lighthouses have seen the first reading of the Pledge of Allegiance, the first wireless transmission, and more than one mystery.

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

American involvement in World War I officially ended in 1921 in New Jersey, three years late and thousands of miles from the battlefield.