Places nmmontague Wants to Go

This historic address is home to the beloved ball and is an almost totally empty building among the most expensive real estate in the world.

A pedestrian island in the middle of world-famous Times Square emits a strange (and purposeful) humming noise.

This collection of Japanese luck idols beckons visitors with over 2,000 waving paws.

A prehistoric rock shelter that's literally in someone's backyard.

A mental health hospital dating back more than 139 years, now features a museum.

In the middle of a suburban Denver neighborhood is a cave that once provided solace for a prominent Ute chief and his family.

One of the few remaining relics of the meatpacking hub that made Chicago the "hog butcher to the world."

This monolithic statue was erected in honor of Chief Black Hawk (even if it wasn't made to look like him).

This Dutch Colonial home is the oldest remaining farmhouse in Manhattan.

I fought the law and the precinct caved in.

More than 300,000 historical artifacts from the famous music venue, from Duke Ellington's handwritten score to The Beatles' booking slip.

The iconic Manhattan corner that was once the site of the Beastie Boys' fake clothing store.

Cryptic messages embedded in the New York City sidewalk.

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

Walk over a 150 year old manhole.

This unmarked and unloved Manhattan subway grate created one of the most iconic images in American cinema.

A girls' boarding school inspired by the Chicago World's Fair, once abandoned, now restored to strange and scenic glory.

Because there's no place like home.

Hidden in the hills of Hollywood, this secluded Oz-themed garden is dotted with dozens of thrones.

This iconic L.A. bookshop is housed in an abandoned bank—both symbolic and chic.

Twenty-year effort to raise a castle using tools and techniques from the 13th century is now abandoned in the Arkansas woods.