Places mollyklam16 Wants to Go

A hands-on traveling collection of the innovative devices of yesteryear.

The feral felines of Roosevelt Island have a small army of allies and an abandoned hospital all to themselves.

Just your average Marie Antoinette–themed speakeasy in an abandoned 19th-century subway tunnel.

Elevated freight railway turned wildly successful urban park.

This beautiful building in the heart of Manhattan's Financial District was empty for decades.

The world’s oldest and biggest bookstore stocking only mystery, crime fiction, espionage, and thrillers.

A treasure trove of artifacts, books, and artwork from the "golden age" of exploration.

A crumbling hospital from the 1850s on Roosevelt Island.

The very first subway station in New York City is beautiful, decked out in chandeliers, and ... abandoned?

A wonderfully curated used bookstore in an airport.

A private home collection of more than 3,500 cat figurines.

In a city crazy for seashells this museum educates and amazes visitors using the wonder of cast-off exoskeletons.

A plaque marks the spot on the bridge where one of the first elephants in the U.S., Little Bet, was gunned down.

Rumors of the occult haunt this upscale 1920s hotel.

Over 1,000 pieces of one of the most niche art objects imaginable: the glass paperweight.

Thousands of hats, pens, and pencils, hanging inside the walls of a former church.

This Mediterranean castle was built for a millionaire and his giant dog.

First planned industrial community in the United States.

Once one of the world's great cities, Cahokia was a place of religious worship, trade and mass human sacrifice before being mysteriously abandoned.

This modest post office sits on the site of H.H. Holmes' famous murder castle.

This surprising gem is a world-class archeological museum hidden at the University of Chicago.

A little-known subterranean street runs under some of the best-known buildings in Chicago's River North.

One-of-a-kind preserved ruins of an abandoned 1880s church in Chicago's Pilsen neighborhood.

Built to house a chapter of the Knights Templar, this grandiose building is a relic of Freemasonry in Chicago a century ago.