Places phildzielski Wants to Go

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The origins of midtown Manhattan's anachronistic wooden farmhouse remain a mystery.

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

A field in which God and his son Jesus purportedly appeared to a young farm boy named Joseph Smith.

A grand New York post office that is home to mailman Santas, scraps of postal history, and a pneumatic mail system.

The Fox Sisters, America's leading mediums in the mid-19th century, possessed a table they claimed helped them "communicate" with the dead.

Known as the "Forgotten City" it was home to industry, riots, artists, squatters, and to one of the largest single disaster fires in New York City.

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

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

An old dining hall now serves up ghost stories for lusty locals.

Some of the earliest burial grounds of New York State are to be found hidden away in this quaint town.

Glacial erratic or man-made dolmen? It probably wasn't druids.

This roadside dinosaur park offered up lumpy neon thunder lizards in the name of kitsch and education.

This abandoned caretaker's apartment is one of 13 left in the New York Public Library system.

A sewing machine tycoon built this miniature castle for the people and to beautify a lakeshore.

A town trapped in time - 1958 to be exact.

A fictional town that was briefly brought to life before fading once again out of existence.

This forlorn park is the result of a failed investment turned tax dodge.

Collection of antique science instruments displayed in recreated 1870-1930 laboratories.

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

The first pet cemetery in the United States.

This small New York museum examines Chinese history from its origins right up to its arrival in the city.

An antique cemetery in New York, this land is home to any number of famed corpses.

Museum dedicated to the struggles of the disabled.