Places SamWPiano Wants to Go

The first pet cemetery in the United States.

This two-room factory has been cranking out the musical signifier of zaniness for a century.

The site of William McKinley's tragic assassination is only marked by an underwhelming boulder.

This forlorn park is the result of a failed investment turned tax dodge.

Final resting place of the immigrant who brought artificial seltzer water to America.

The original Uncle Sam was actually a New York meatpacker who is buried under this historic grave.

This translucent sculpture represents a quintessential component of New York City's skyline.

A former poultry store that looks like a giant duck and is one of the "seven wonders" of Long Island.

Hidden behind a gate in Greenwich Village is a little farmhouse that once served as the writing studio of a bestselling author.

An eccentric playboy's astounding natural history collection.

This family-owned bakery is one of the last places in Brooklyn to sell the Nation of Islam–inspired bean pie.

A preserved factory in the "Home of the Carrousel" is now a museum dedicated to the classic wooden ride.

This memorial honors thousands of enslaved Africans and their descendants who died in colonial New York.

The dairy farm in upstate New York where nearly half a million people gathered for three days of peace and music in 1969.

Possibly the smallest church in the world floats in the middle of a pond.

One of many reminders of Tesla's scientific contributions overlooks the falls which inspired him.

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

The gravestone of the suffragist leader attracted extra visitors during the 2016 election.

Dine on dumplings at the oldest dim sum restaurant in New York.

"Gnome Chomsky" was once the largest gnome in the world, but is now simply tall for his kind.

This recipe is set in stone.

Pulled from the rubble of one of the worst modern tragedies, a steel crossbeam became a symbol of hope for New Yorkers.

The highest point on the island known for buildings that touch the sky.

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