Places nychris Wants to Go

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

This abandoned subway station beneath the Waldorf-Astoria hotel is allegedly used to secretly transport presidents.

This rural roadside cross marks the farthest point of Coronado's expedition, and the place where the Catholic faith first came to America.

The golden age of flight captured in a downtown airport.

The site of a prehistoric settlement spanning millennia, complete with a reconstructed timber circle.

At 11,500 feet in elevation, there is no toilet in the state closer to the sky than this one.

This very ornate Victorian gateway seems completely out of place in the modern industrial city of Warrington.

A museum dedicated to the history of electric interurban transit near the home of the first electric trolley system in the United States.

This vivid painted ceramic sculpture evokes the expansiveness of the prairie sky.

This mangled and twisted wreckage left by the side of a Mexican road was no accident, but a planned crash in the name of science and safety.

Edison's cast-in-place concrete houses were a failure, but way ahead of their time.

This natural sandstone bridge hasn't been seen since the 1960s when Lake Powell covered it—until now.

This 317-ton walkable art installation is an homage to Korea's "City of Steel."

Test your mettle against the hottest hot chicken in Nashville.

One of New York's best collections of pinball is hidden in a secret bar in the back of this laundromat.

A rattlesnake museum showcasing over 30 species, in a century-old building that used to be the general store in this tiny West Texas town.

Visit a remnant California's Gold Rush, which locals claim is haunted by spirits from the past.

The van that carried William Least-Heat Moon through the journey documented in the book 'Blue Highways' sits in the Mizzou archeological museum's storage.

Stuck in a bygone era, the oldest subterranean shopping street in Japan hides beneath the popular Asakusa district of Tokyo.

One of the largest cemeteries in the world.

This giant mimetic milk bottle has encouraged Route 66 travelers to choose dairy since 1948.

A Route 66 filling station that was designed to resemble the Hagia Sophia, and is now the symbol of an arts district.

Savor the famous tempura-fried pork tenderloin sandwich at this long-standing Kansas City food counter.

This massive section of quay destroyed by an earthquake is preserved to remember the past.