Places rosetatarsky Wants to Go

A crumbling hospital from the 1850s on Roosevelt Island.

The "lovely red Vega" of the legendary record-settling pilot.

The hidden offices underneath Memorial Bridge have been locked up since 1976.

An Industrial Revolution-era public work that purified water using nothing but sand.

A derelict bit of transportation infrastructure hidden in the woods.

A curious sculpture garden and museum in Cochrane, Wisconsin.

Every winter, dozens of otherworldly ice structures sprout up from a rigged up artesian well.

This whimsical sculpture garden is a local treasure.

143 feet of leaping muskie whose mouth can be used as a wedding venue.

Whimsical sculptures dot a woodland path surrounding their creator's old summer cottage.

Where experiments are conducted on all things wood.

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

This former theme park in New York's Adirondack Mountains fell into ruin before being resurrected as a state-run campground

This enormous Hindu temple in Queens serves incredible dosas in its basement canteen.

From economic backbone of a community to deadly diving hole, these former stone quarries are now a park for rock climbers and graffiti artists.

Over 100 concrete munitions bunkers are all that remain of a Pennsylvanian village seized by the US government.

These beautiful ruins deep in the Pennsylvania woods are thought to have been a ski lodge or a speakeasy, but no one really knows.

The remains of a community that was forced to move for a dam that never materialized still rot in this Pennsylvania park.

Buildings that dynamite couldn't bring down were abandoned because of bathroom issues.

This giant disembodied horse head seems to balance impossibly on its nose.

The ruined remains of a coal mining ghost town are hidden within the woods.

These disused steel furnaces are now haunting ruins that may one day be a national park.

This public space is speckled with the eerie remnants of a defunct amusement park.

This secluded walking trail is a hidden gem of a Pittsburgh park.