Places SamWPiano Wants to Go

Hiroshima survivor on Riverside Drive.

This mysterious marker puzzles pedestrians and infuriates geographers.

Harlem park dedicated to compulsive hoarders killed by their own junk.

A plaque immortalizes the spot where the early American spy said his famous last words: "I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country."

The only intersection in America where the buildings on all four corners were built pre-Revolutionary War.

This striking arch, one of the first architectural elements constructed in Prospect Park, was recently restored to its original glory.

Dedicated to the art and science of glass in equal measure, this space is as much laboratory as museum.

An abandoned 19th century quarry in the middle of the woods, remade by unnamed wanderers into a massive series of rock thrones.

This locally-famous crevasse in New York State is icy all year round.

Established in 1937, the oldest candy shop in New York City boasts a rainbow-colored inventory that would make Willy Wonka envious.

This natural rock "church" might not be a proper chapel but that doesn't mean it's not beautiful.

An abandoned Gold Coast-era mansion once intended for the exiled ruler of Albania, who never arrived.

The largest known open fault in the United States is basically a giant natural refrigerator.

19th century cemetery hidden in Brooklyn's Prospect Park.

A dark patch of the ceiling at Grand Central Terminal which was not restored is still stained brown by tobacco.

A mysterious echo seems to defy the laws of acoustics.

The most confusing clock in New York.

Built hundreds of years ago this downtown iron barrier once protected a much despised king.

Commemorating the spot where the famous scientist fed his pigeons.

A uniquely lettered street sign marks the corner where the iconic word game was invented.

Three acres of mythology-inspired sculptures are visible from the highway.

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

Spinning silently in the lobby of an Art Deco masterwork is a massive vintage model of the Earth.

A Victorian cemetery in the heart of Brooklyn remains a popular mecca of morbid curiosity.