Places mkowal Wants to Go

Long the exclusive domain of birds and vagabonds, this little-known Central Park peninsula is open to the public once more.

A Manhattan courthouse hides a small but scathing memorial to Holocaust injustice.

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

Bowl in splendor, if you're lucky.

The famous author's cottage hideaway.

A dark, dank room in subterranean Manhattan was the site of a ghastly murder.

The walls are decorated with whimsical murals painted by the creator of the Madeline franchise.

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

During the holidays, a vintage subway train whisks New Yorkers back in time.

The remnants of two World's Fairs are here, complete with a 12-story globe, a mini-Manhattan, and a UFO-shaped pavilion.

The loneliest island in New York.

A once grand hotel is being retaken by the wilderness it once capitalized on.

A crumbling hospital from the 1850s on Roosevelt Island.

A decorated war pigeon stands guard in eternal taxidermied rest at his alma mater.

One of the last-standing and most prominent structures from a long-lost colonial port community.

A granite monument honors a beloved World War II canine mascot.

The first dish to bounce radio signals off the Moon, it was the forerunner to the U.S. Space Program.

Thousands of Matchbox cars spanning generations call this New Jersey barn home.

This crumbling little graveyard was saved from the undergrowth by concerned veterans.

Seven people are buried in the middle of what's now a movie theater parking lot.

The only thing better than tubing down New Jersey's scenic Delaware River is doing so while eating a hot dog from a giant floating stand.

One of New Jersey's oldest surviving buildings still bears the mark of our former British overlords.

This old-fashioned candy shop, ice cream parlor, and diner served as the setting for one of TV's most controversial series finales.

The final resting place of one of the United States's greatest poets.