Places samfsm Wants to Go

This once-grand marvel of engineering is now 41 miles of scenic hiking trail.

You must take the A train... to the last active cemetery in Manhattan.

Rat sculptures try to infiltrate the Graybar Building in an architectural tribute to New York City's nautical history.

You don't have to be an ambassador to dine like one.

A sculptural commentary on capitalism pokes up from the East River.

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

I fought the law and the precinct caved in.

A 19th century hat factory still stands as a crumbling ruin in upstate New York.

In the back of a nondescript sports bar is a museum-worthy mural by legendary cartoonists.

Nature and beauty amidst pollution and industrial wreckage.

Touching mementoes from those who didn't make it back from World War I still hang in one of New York's oldest bars.

What was once a trend-setting, phrase-coining icon of architectural splendor is now a rotting, forgotten hulk.

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

A curious fountain that has no water and includes Satan, a crab, and 9 giraffes.

Detailed facade of a brownstone in Boerum Hill.

A once grand hotel is being retaken by the wilderness it once capitalized on.

Hidden in Central Park's Ramble is a troublesome cave buried just beneath the surface.

Delve into the life of Edna St. Vincent Millay, harbor town history, and a quiet seaside garden at this charming library.

A museum that houses a collection of stenography machines plus dozens of books, photographs, and guides to shorthand languages from around the world.

A beautiful collection of architectural ornaments rescued from demolished New York City buildings.

A library and shop devoted to the body, mortality, and bringing to light forgotten or neglected histories

Ride the subways of yesteryear.

The true meaning behind this sculpture remains unknown.

The mummified right fist of a 1,000-year-old saint-king sits inside an ornate golden reliquary.