Places Natasha Leyk Wants to Go

The original toys that inspired the beloved children's stories are on display at the New York Public Library.

The place where Dvořák composed some of his most famous works.

The notorious headquarters of a corrupt political machine.

The only remaining building in New York to see the inauguration of a president is being slowly overtaken by a grocery store.

A clock set into the concrete outside a Manhattan jeweler has been telling time underfoot for over a century.

Under a glass sidewalk lie the remains of some of Manhattan's oldest buildings.

A decidedly out of place statue memorializes the Blues Brothers characters at this water bottling plant.

One of the few institutions in the United States devoted to the art of decorative bird carving.

A precariously balanced rock perches on the edge of a cliff created tens of thousands of years ago by glacial erosion.

A nature and outdoor art preserve features the large-scale, abstract works of a renowned Maine folk artist.

For nearly 200 years the same family has harvested ice from a small pond in eastern Maine.

A son's promise to his dying father in the form of a covered bridge filled with thousands of seashells.

This vast, pristine wilderness is home to a rare subspecies of black bear.

Unruly residents were housed in this one-person cell until the Black Maria arrived.

Nestled between a college and a golf course, the garden is home to more than 2,500 rhododendrons.

A puppeteer’s paradise offering shows, workshops, and an archive of over 2,000 puppets.

A river with some unusual, and occasionally dangerous, habits.

Steel remnants of a bridge make up a unique sculpture along the banks of the Illinois River.

These Depression-era WPA sculptures have made a couple of stops over the years.

One of two identical monuments marking the sites of military training encampments in Peoria, Illinois.

The mysterious white squirrels of this Illinois city are treated like sacred cows.

Buy a token from the liquor store and you can make this beast spew flames on command.

The only remaining Cold War–era Minuteman II missile control center in Missouri.

The fastest mail service in the west is tracked and memorialized along this 1,400 mile trail.