Places samanthahale Wants to Go

Try not to get slimed in Tribeca.

La Monte Young and Marian Zazeela's "Dream House" will immerse you in an ever changing world of sound and light.

More gold than anywhere else, ever.

A tiny museum housed in a New York freight elevator specializes in the "overlooked, dismissed, or ignored."

There’s a secret bunker inside the Brooklyn Bridge, but the city won’t say where.

An odd, ancient window that may have once been part of a brutal prison is embedded in the side of New York's Police Plaza.

Once the tallest building in the world and the site of “the highest dinner ever held in New York” this building now holds the most expensive penthouse in the city.

An accidentally hidden library containing the ephemeral history of New York.

The very first subway station in New York City is beautiful, decked out in chandeliers, and ... abandoned?

There are lots of hands and feet stamped in the cement in front of Grauman’s Chinese Theater, but Mel left behind something extra.

Her final resting place was intended to be modest and private, but the power of her popularity continues to draw visitors.

Inspiring Earthlings to Boldly Go.

Everyone remembers Laurie Strode from Halloween, but this is the house where most of the blood was shed.

The last of its kind in the country.

The hotel room where Janis Joplin tragically died has now become a makeshift shrine to the singer.

Hidden in the hills of Hollywood, this secluded Oz-themed garden is dotted with dozens of thrones.

A look into the Church of Scientology's deeply unfavorable view of psychiatry.

World's largest collection of serial killer artwork and other macabre exhibits.

Because there's no place like home.

A library of rare occult books in Los Angeles.

The final resting place of a space program monolith, soon to be unveiled again to the public.

This iconic L.A. bookshop is housed in an abandoned bank—both symbolic and chic.

A particularly creepy abandoned hospital that sparks interest for lovers of the supernatural.

One day a year it is legal to jump off of this astoundingly tall bridge that spans an Appalachian gorge.