Places Miltones Wants to Go

Albuquerque found the perfect use for tumbleweeds at Christmastime.

Twice a year, visitors can tour the desolate site that birthed the Atomic Age.

A cave's rare beauty held a cavernous secret hidden underground.

The ruins of this former mining boomtown once housed over 3,000 people. Now, the population is two.

A warm desert spring holds one of the rarest species on earth.

This is one really big nut.

"I did this all while you were watching TV."

The second-largest cave chamber in the world was discovered in 1898 by a 16-year-old and a friend known as "Pothead."

Explore the largest pure gypsum deposit in the world, and go dune sledding while you're at it.

An abandoned amusement park based on the popular 1940s Red Ryder comic strip.

This castle-like building in Manhattan helped destigmatize cancer in the 19th century.

A veritable variety of odds and ends.

Stunningly detailed mosaics in a New York subway station bring life to the Weimaraners of artist William Wegman's work—and to thousands of commutes.

Here be dragons.

On this island, you suck away your garbage via an elaborate pneumatic tube system.

A replica of a 7th-century church hides in plain sight in the middle of the concrete jungle.

This slender three-story building has also had several famous residents.

You must take the A train... to the last active cemetery in Manhattan.

This giant boulder is sandwiched between apartment complexes in upper Manhattan.

There are owls with glowing eyes in Herald Square.

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

A Gothic-style abode built to accommodate the church's three resident peacocks.

Rat sculptures try to infiltrate the Graybar Building in an architectural tribute to New York City's nautical history.

The first piece of public art dedicated to LGBT rights.