Places mkowal Wants to Go

Off a hiking trail in Rhode Island stands a picturesque memorial to a long-forgotten war.

The only remaining piece of hull of the most decorated US ship of WWII is this giant name plate.

A mysterious air force base built to resemble a Long Island fishing village.

Site of the first pathological and bacteriological research facility in the United States.

The little-known final resting place of one of America's greatest writers.

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

This small road tunnel is the only place where you can cross beneath the Erie Canal.

You don't have to be an ambassador to dine like one.

This sprawling woodland estate was the brainchild of iconic American industrial designer Russel Wright.

HBO series' stage tucked away in a Greenpoint lot is the largest theatrical set of its kind in the United States.

An 1883 schoolhouse now home to collective of artists.

This seemingly unremarkable boulder is said to bear the hoofprint of the devil himself.

Hidden inside one of the world's most well-visited zoos is a secret plaque promising eternal life.

The former estate of the Guggenheims, part of the opulent Gold Coast that inspired the Great Gatsby.

A big shiny gin and whiskey distillery in Sunset Park.

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

The home of aviation trailblazers, in a remote corner of the big city.

Serving Central Asian breads that range from cracker-crisp to warm and fluffy, this bakery brings Bukhara to Queens.

The oldest Dutch colonial stone house in New York City is a hidden gem on the border of Brooklyn and Queens.

This small Catskills village has six independent bookstores and more bookshops than restaurants.

Crammed into several rooms of a Staten Island home, this museum is a vodka-soaked paean to the pleasures of drinking.

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

One of the earliest bowling lanes in the U.S. doubled as a sewing school during a time when women had little job opportunity.

The rustic think-space of famed naturalist John Burroughs stands exactly as he left it.