Places phildzielski Wants to Go

The life of one of FDR's possible mistresses is preserved in her palatial Hudson Valley mansion.

Tucked in a nondescript downtown Brooklyn mall is a bar containing a remarkable turn of the century anatomical wax collection last seen in 1920s Berlin.

During the holidays, a vintage subway train whisks New Yorkers back in time.

A Manhattan office building is home to the world’s largest chess board.

This locally-famous crevasse in New York State is icy all year round.

Walk into the 19th century without leaving Brooklyn.

A veritable variety of odds and ends.

One of the last Jazz Age "Wonder Theaters" in New York City.

A deteriorating 1990s Girl Scout camp in a beautiful lush park on Lake Ontario.

A Bed-Stuy gymnasium that hosts expansive raves, performances, dance parties, and more.

This was one of the first (and last) university-built and operated nuclear reactors.

One of many reminders of Tesla's scientific contributions overlooks the falls which inspired him.

Records of the dead describe the myriad odd ways people used to die.

An eccentric playboy's astounding natural history collection.

This sandstone gorge in New York State's Adirondack Mountains is home to waterfalls, flumes, and more.

This old cement mine has been used as everything from a mushroom farm to a recording studio.

A charming "tea atelier" hidden away in Greenpoint, Brooklyn.

Dedicated to the art and science of glass in equal measure, this space is as much laboratory as museum.

A Manhattan Episcopal church with an eerie underground crypt.

The factory for the popular Dumbo location, the Greenpoint shop is a quiet gem.

This natural rock "church" might not be a proper chapel but that doesn't mean it's not beautiful.

The notorious headquarters of a corrupt political machine.

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

Salute the leader of the proletariat.