Places raquel9e Wants to Go

Discover the taste of mold.

America's oldest Eastern European synagogue provided the immigrants of crowded Lower East Side tenements a space of sanctuary.

An institution dedicated to the towering buildings that make up skylines in New York City and around the world.

The only gallery in New York dedicated to olfactory art and the exploration of scent in art.

The oldest surviving synagogue in New York City is now a soaring art space.

This lower Manhattan bar is set up in an old bank vault that rests beneath a skyscraper that hides even more historic splendor.

New York's oldest magic store.

A miniature rainforest is growing inside of a Midtown Manhattan office building.

A Pythagorean funhouse that tries, successfully, to prove that math is the coolest thing ever.

The walls are decorated with whimsical murals painted by the creator of the Madeline franchise.

Captain America, Sub-Mariner, and the Human Torch were all born in this art deco Manhattan masterpiece.

The first museum in the United States dedicated entirely to posters.

A WWI fighter plane and turn-of-the-century penny candy shop are among the unexpected features of this Financial District building.

San Antonio's first 3-D stereoscopic mural is a trippy treat for the eyes.

The oldest active mini golf course in the U.S. has an elegant Art Deco style filled with lush tropical plants.

Colorful curls of hand-blown glass form a captivating tower in San Antonio's Central Library.

Two small markers remember the Alamo's feline protectors.

A 131-year-old wunderkammer of Texas history.

The summer home of the largest colony of bats in the world.

Ruins of a once-opulent grand Victorian resort.

Three hundred years of preserved Spanish colonial history in San Antonio.

One of the most enjoyable bits of history at Coney Island and “the most romantic ride in the world.”

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

Rare karst landscape eroded from a flat seabed.