Places mikeblan1996 Wants to Go

An eccentric playboy's astounding natural history collection.

This tiny church near Sleepy Hollow contains Henri Matisse's last work, a rose window, and nine windows by Marc Chagall.

This otherwise innocuous bodega was once the headquarters of the most feared assassin's guild in American history.

A charming "tea atelier" hidden away in Greenpoint, Brooklyn.

A famous songsmith's custom piano, dubbed "High Society," is hidden just out of sight in one of New York's finest hotels.

Dedicated to the art and science of glass in equal measure, this space is as much laboratory as museum.

This locally-famous crevasse in New York State is icy all year round.

Test your business savvy and play the market for cocktails at this stock exchange-inspired watering hole.

This sandstone gorge in New York State's Adirondack Mountains is home to waterfalls, flumes, and more.

Ruins of a once-prized railroad station in New York.

Built hundreds of years ago this downtown iron barrier once protected a much despised king.

The walls are decorated with whimsical murals painted by the creator of the Madeline franchise.

Though its celestial ceiling is impressive, the true star is the vast collection of French books.

Discovered by cows, these upstate New York show caves are presented with a healthy dose of psychedelic folk art.

A partially hidden wall graffitied by spectators of the 1976 Bicentennial, recently rediscovered.

The notorious headquarters of a corrupt political machine.

The site of the deadly Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire.

This abandoned seaside fortress is now simply an imposing ruin being taken back by nature.

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.

An abandoned asylum once on the cutting edge of lobotomies may be reborn as a Christian college.

The remains of a failed subway in upstate New York is now an underground graffiti bunker.

During the holidays, a vintage subway train whisks New Yorkers back in time.

NYC's legendary underground network for bovine transportation.

A whimsical, but often overlooked clock in Park Avenue.