Places mkowal Wants to Go

The dairy farm in upstate New York where nearly half a million people gathered for three days of peace and music in 1969.

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

The largest known open fault in the United States is basically a giant natural refrigerator.

Failed state-supported institution meant to rehabilitate students with intellectual disabilities.

The oldest continuously inhabited street in America.

This abandoned ironworks was once the most important military supplier in America.

This speakeasy continues the Prohibition-era legacy of Harlem's jazzy Swing Street.

A trove of century-old litho stones from the Puck Building's printing days were discovered behind a cellar wall, and are now hanging in the store.

This dilapidated castle-like structure overlooks the Hudson River at one of its widest points and was once home to nuns.

The great American road trip, but smaller.

An eccentric playboy's astounding natural history collection.

A Jewish deli run by Yemeni Muslims in an Afro-Caribbean neighborhood is quintessential Brooklyn.

A preserved factory in the "Home of the Carrousel" is now a museum dedicated to the classic wooden ride.

A decommissioned military complex that's now a modern industrial park.

Micro-distillery in Brooklyn produces New York’s first homemade rum since Prohibition.

Haunted Victorian house that inspired a legendary "Ghostbusters" court ruling.

This once sprawling resort now sits abandoned, filled with graffiti and vibrant colors from an era long passed.

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

A millionaire's abandoned swimming pool from the gilded age of one of America's most distinguished families.

One of Frank Lloyd Wright's greatest—and favorite—architectural masterpieces was almost lost.

This once-private estate is now a dreamy, meditative garden that's open to the public.

Need to book a room at the Hotel Pennsylvania? Just dial up 6-5000.

The attic and basement house two museums stuffed with oddities like swallowed spoon handles and a shrunken head.

A tree that grows parallel to the ground was declared Brooklyn's "crowning curio" by the poet who saved it.