Places nekokat Wants to Go

This sycamore is Connecticut's largest tree, New England's largest sycamore, and among the largest of its kind nationwide.

An actual piece of the Moon, brought down to Earth by Apollo 15.

This stunning Connecticut mansion is actually just a one-room-deep hoax.

Explore the world's largest collection of locks, keys, handcuffs, and ornate hardware, and crack the code on an antique-filled escape room.

Journey inside the bowels of this sperm whale sculpture.

This roadside wonder is as mysterious as it is beloved.

A once-booming railroad left abandoned next to the Quinnipiac River marshes now intersects with a hiking trail.

A free display of artistic lifesize dinosaur sculptures in a backyard garden.

How did the right arm of a 13th-century English bishop wind up in a Connecticut church?

An easy-to-miss plaque marks the building that first held this 19th-century telephone innovation.

This petite park lets visitors see and touch examples of fossilized dinosaur tracks.

The ancient past meets the retro-future at these dinosaur tracks that are protected by a geodesic dome.

A religious-themed park filled with folk art to bring biblical stories to life that fell into disrepair and now being restored.

Yale University's home for rare works, including the mysterious Voynich Manuscript.

This striking arch, one of the first architectural elements constructed in Prospect Park, was recently restored to its original glory.

A dazzling work by a Pop art legend hangs in one of the world’s busiest subway stations.

A controversial magical figure is hidden within a diorama of the city.

An institution dedicated to the towering buildings that make up skylines in New York City and around the world.

Manhattan's Thirteenth Avenue was made on landfill then deliberately destroyed — apart from one small, obscure block.

The façade of this building looks like a bingo board, but it's really a giant clock by a famed graphic designer.

A commemorative plaque hides a door that leads down to the New York Public Library's underground book bunker.

There are owls with glowing eyes in Herald Square.

This giant boulder is sandwiched between apartment complexes in upper Manhattan.

Beautiful mosaics cover the first stations opened on New York City's newest subway line.