Places posturethecat Wants to Go

A New York warehouse filled with an enormous amount of goods saved from the landfills and donated for creative use.

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

The birthplace of America's favorite fruit-flavored mystery dessert.

World's largest herd of white deer populate a former U.S. Army depot.

The famed amusement district marks the beginning of summer with a wild procession of nautical creatures.

Cheap pizza and all of your naughty bedroom needs housed in a stunning example of Art Nouveau architecture.

Surprisingly aquamarine waters fill deep lakes formed at the end of the last ice age.

This narrow shop in the East Village hosts a matchmaking service for the new millennium.

Established in 1937, the oldest candy shop in New York City boasts a rainbow-colored inventory that would make Willy Wonka envious.

A former connection to City Island, it has been abandoned since the 1930s.

Long-forgotten artifacts give incredible insight into New York's most glamorous hotel.

A hidey-hole sandwiched between cellphone, DVD, and jewelry stores features Tibetan delights.

A 19th century hat factory still stands as a crumbling ruin in upstate New York.

In Little Caribbean, an ice-cream shop serves up regional flavors, including soursop, Irish moss, and "greatnut."

A nearly 100-year-old dining car in upstate New York embodies the golden age of roadside dining.

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

The largest known open fault in the United States is basically a giant natural refrigerator.

Dine on dumplings at the oldest dim sum restaurant in New York.

Seriously good slices of Sicilian pizza lurk at the back of the Bronx's oldest enclosed market.

Every dish is blessed in this basement eatery beneath a Hare Krishna temple.

For over 80 years, Mayan ruins stood proudly in a most unlikely location.

Some of New York's best tacos can be found in the back of an unassuming bodega in Queens.

A Ukrainian church canteen doles out hearty fare in an East Village basement.

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