Places mikeblan1996 Wants to Go

Lady Liberty's first beacon of enlightenment is now displayed in a museum near the statue.

A historic recreation of the golden age of the Erie Canal, abandoned for some time, slowly being restored.

While it now takes more than a dime to open an account this historic Brooklyn bank still displays the opulence of the gilded age in which it was built.

A room hidden behind a swinging shelf in the children's section.

Constructed in the 1920s, this former pencil factory is now an office building.

The site of William McKinley's tragic assassination is only marked by an underwhelming boulder.

The lost town of Neversink, sunk by New York City.

Oldest existing wire suspension bridge in the United States.

"Call for the doctor, call for the nurse... Vote!! said the lady with the alligator purse."

The front yard of an Upper East Side town house hides the last fragment of one of New York's most famous theatres.

The gravestone of the suffragist leader attracted extra visitors during the 2016 election.

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

The preserved house of a jazz legend still echoes with his music.

The one-time epicenter of American songwriting is now a little remembered Manhattan commercial block.

A Victorian cemetery in the heart of Brooklyn remains a popular mecca of morbid curiosity.

This throwback amusement park is home to rides and unique storybook figures from the past.

A perfect replica of the beloved show's first set.

Created by four famous men, the beautifully designed Buffalo State Asylum was resurrected as a hotel and art center, but still boasts a ghost story or two.

The iconic Manhattan corner that was once the site of the Beastie Boys' fake clothing store.

This wall on a street corner in Lower Manhattan has been a blank canvas for a rotation of renowned artists since the 1980s.

The home, museum, and death site of Kodak's influential founder.

One of many reminders of Tesla's scientific contributions overlooks the falls which inspired him.

The wooden octagon in which Huckleberry Finn and A Connecticut Yankee were born can still be visited in upstate New York.

Toxic waste disaster that founded the Superfund program.