Places Nick Wants to Go

Townhouse facade doubles as an RMS Titanic Memorial.

Amid the clacking of snooker balls, diners tuck into fiery Bhutanese fare.

Once a month, an Indonesian feast appears inside an Elmhurst church hall.

Chefs from Tibet's Kham region offer steaming meat pies and noodle soups in this nook behind a jewelry store.

This landmark building is now a vibrant performing arts space with musical acts from around the world.

Head past the aisles of tropical fruit and imported candy at this bodega to discover a hidden, weekends-only taco stand.

Guerilla gardeners reclaimed this abandoned railroad land literally putting down roots.

Deliciousness abounds at a Guatemalan restaurant masquerading as a pizzeria.

A mysterious statue of a leather jacket-clad rebel leans coolly on an odd yellow clock.

An exhibition space dedicated to American outsider art created between the 18th and 21st centuries.

This Queens beer hall preserves a German culture and language that is all but lost.

Where the four original members of the Ramones hung out and revolutionized punk rock.

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

A retired subway car stands alone in a field in the middle of Queens.

A collaborative art project that transformed a neighborhood in NYC's Queens.

The Vatican of the movie industry turned into an actual church.

A self-made museum in Queens, New York continues to display the work of a sculptor known for paving his own way.

The preserved house of a jazz legend still echoes with his music.

Holding the most bodies of any cemetery in the United States.

One of the oldest Jewish cemeteries in the city, it is now overgrown with an urban forest.

An easy to overlook storefront hides some of the most authentic and regionally diverse Chinese food in New York.

This enormous Hindu temple in Queens serves incredible dosas in its basement canteen.

Read between the lines of the subway map to find the hidden abandoned Civil War fort.

Nondescript elevator doors open to reveal a stunning, surreal world.