Places RHF Wants to Go

A small tower where a philosopher once speculated on human nature and morality.

This South-by-South-Asian restaurant serves up Indian-spiced Southern fried chicken and a Desi-style pastrami.

Viet-Cajun is a true hybrid cuisine that evolved in Houston and at this Asiatown mainstay, there’s more to it than just crawfish.

This public library and its impressive collection of academic books have not changed since the 17th century.

This 17th-century house has a long and colorful history.

Originally brought to Texas by Czech settlers, these sweet and savory pastries are an essential local breakfast staple.

Built hundreds of years ago this downtown iron barrier once protected a much despised king.

Wall Street has a new heroine, a bronze statue of a small but fierce girl.

Unrepaired walls from a 1920 anarchist bomb attack.

Home to a dizzying array of letterpress blocks with a rich history.

This anonymous businessman sculpted in bronze became an enduring memorial after 9/11, and had been mistaken by rescue workers for a survivor in the rubble.

Pulled from the rubble of one of the worst modern tragedies, a steel crossbeam became a symbol of hope for New Yorkers.

The last living thing to come out of the rubble after 9/11 is now a symbol of hope and resilience.

A celebration of capitalism in Midtown.

Blighted Irish field and the ruins of a 19th-century cottage on the edge of urban Manhattan.

Unusual books about food and drink abound in this 19th-century New York townhouse.

A trove of century-old litho stones from the Puck Building's printing days were discovered behind a cellar wall, and are now hanging in the store.

During the 19th century, you could pay for violence off a prix fixe menu on this Manhattan street.

Built just after the American Revolution, the oldest row house in New York City still stands in Chinatown.

Discover everything there is to know about Catalan giants and "Big-Heads."

These remnants of Old London Bridge possess unique acoustics that allow for whispered conversations to carry from one side to the other.

The eerie remains of one of Ireland's oldest castles, said to be haunted by the ghost of a woman who brings ill fate.

Descendants of the samurai who guarded Matsusaka Castle during the Edo period still live in these charming historic houses (and visitors can enter one of them for free).

Eliza and Mary Chulkhurst were the first famous conjoined twins in England, but it's not clear when they were born.