Places RouteDown Wants to Go

Home to the world's largest refracting telescope and the birthplace of modern astrophysics.

See where Bill Murray kidnapped a hapless Punxsutawney Phil.

A small cemetery chapel designed by Frank Lloyd Wright and built in 1906.

One of the largest aviation events in the world brings half a million aircraft enthusiasts to Wisconsin each year.

A remnant of the last Ice Age, this lake is surrounded by fascinating rock formations.

The only Frank Lloyd Wright-designed structure in the architect's hometown.

A collection of fanzines, recordings, and documents detailing the rise and influence of the feminist punk movement.

The artist and New York City icon lived, worked and died in this converted carriage house owned by another iconic artist, Andy Warhol.

The iconic Manhattan corner that was once the site of the Beastie Boys' fake clothing store.

Prove you deserve to be fed by Kenny Shopsin.

Just your average Marie Antoinette–themed speakeasy in an abandoned 19th-century subway tunnel.

Slurp sesame noodles at the third-generation family-run establishment that invented them.

The impeccably spiced roast pork buns at this bakery are worth the wait.

Try not to get slimed in Tribeca.

In its day this historic fort held 100 cannons pointed in almost every direction to protect New York.

Where now stands a 42-story condominium tower of marble, glass and steel was once the central market of New York’s slave trade.

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

This whimsical group of statues is a favorite of children who love to climb all over Lewis Carroll's beloved characters.

The oldest family-run luncheonette in New York, last renovated in 1948, still serves food and drinks the old-fashioned way.

The "Seinfeld" diner.

The famous author's cottage hideaway.

This Bronx apartment building is officially recognized as the birthplace of hip-hop.

This block in downtown Brooklyn was a hotbed of antislavery activism along the Underground Railroad.

Ride the subways of yesteryear.