Places samfsm Wants to Go

Reclaimed by nature, the ruins of Doodletown, New York are remnants of a town consumed by a state park.

The library of every book lover's dreams.

The famous author's cottage hideaway.

A natural gas leak provides a flickering flame beneath a waterfall.

Collapsing castle on the Hudson river was once the storage site of military surplus business.

These towering spires and glowing walls are carefully crafted from hundreds of thousands of icicles.

A big shiny gin and whiskey distillery in Sunset Park.

A museum collection honoring the long history of the FDNY is held in a disused Manhattan fire house.

This recipe is set in stone.

Obscure and obsolete publications are given new life as works of art.

A one-ton statue of Steve Rogers beautifies the entry to a Brooklyn Bed, Bath & Beyond.

The notorious headquarters of a corrupt political machine.

Rummage through this sunken ship, but leave your scuba gear at home.

Come for the waffles, stay for more waffles.

Hear the tales of New York's most notorious criminals.

The rough and tumble president's childhood home displays the shirt he was once shot in and the speech that saved him.

Visit the monolithic tomb of America's most famous general.

This hidden library of physiological ephemera contains centuries worth of knowledge on the vim and viscera of the human body.

This otherwise innocuous bodega was once the headquarters of the most feared assassin's guild in American history.

Historical figures from New York City's Catholic community reside in Midtown.

The oldest bibliophilia club in America, with exhibitions on historic books and graphic arts.

New York's oldest and possibly grandest keeper of books.

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

This Wall Street bar was once a hub of revolutionary activity where Washington famously bid farewell to his troops.