Places miriamrigg Wants to Go

The first and only carousel with a lineup entirely of insects.

Take in a rare, face-to-face glimpse of Lady Liberty at this tucked away Red Hook park.

Coney Island’s last surviving haunted ride.

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

Those belting out show tunes in this West Village piano bar might not realize it marks the site where Thomas Paine died in 1809.

A quiet and contemplative oasis in the middle of New York's bustle and riot.

The end of the 4 Line is also the end of the line for 300,000 souls in one of NYC's most illustrious cemeteries.

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

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

Brooklyn's Barkaloo Cemetery is the resting place of a scant two bodies.

This empty Victorian manse on Staten Island is said to be haunted but is actually a real life crime scene.

The famous author's cottage hideaway.

A small graveyard is hidden in the midst of a bustling university campus.

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

Ornate "Renaissance Revival" style building.

Known as the "Forgotten City" it was home to industry, riots, artists, squatters, and to one of the largest single disaster fires in New York City.

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

From scholastic to sepulchral - now under reconstruction.

Surrounded by low rise buildings and partially converted into an auto body shop, this marble archway is the only vestige of a forgotten Manhattan estate.

This 19th century wooden span is one of only four retractile bridges in the United States.

Preachers and shipbuilders collaborated to create a place of worship in this island community

Read between the lines of the subway map to find the hidden abandoned Civil War fort.

Once the largest source of mercury in the Americas, these ruins earned the name “Mine of Death.”

A towering relic of Upper Silesia’s industrial past, the blast furnace of Huta Pokój stands as a monumental reminder of the region’s former role as one of Central Europe’s most important iron and steel production centers.