Places sarahltait Wants to Go

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

The mummified relics of an American missionary.

Mysterious 500-year-old tapestries depict a unicorn hunt.

This hidden oasis features a stunning view of the Hudson River and the Palisades from a castle-like museum.

Built in the 1920s, this co-op in the Bronx feels more like an Italian villa than a typical New York apartment building.

A large boulder marks the place where the island of Manhattan was purportedly "sold" to the Dutch.

This Dutch Colonial home is the oldest remaining farmhouse in Manhattan.

Surrounded by low rise buildings and partially converted into an auto body shop, this marble archway is the only vestige of a forgotten Manhattan estate.

Manhattan and the Bronx have been playing tug-of-war over this former island neighborhood for more than a century.

The longest step street in the city.

After the comedian dissed a Connecticut town on his show, they named a sewage treatment plant after him.

This work of art was conceived as a mosaic originally designed to decorate a car dealership.

This sacred enclave was once considered the religious center of Eastern Polynesia.

Legend has it that any woman who kissed this statue would soon be married.

This medieval castle is filled with an eccentric collection that ranges from ancient Egyptian artifacts to taxidermy to a mummified hand that was cut off during a duel.

This unusual 7th-century Frankish seal offers more questions than answers about its past.

One of the oldest bridges in Norwich was used during the English witch trials and is said to be haunted.

A 16th-century footpath said to be haunted by a young girl that died trapped within its misshapen old house.

The first steel dam in the world and the only one still functional in the United States.

This small museum is dedicated to the study of coprolites, or fossilized poop.

While exploring the desert, you can stop by the home of a fictional heretic from a parallel universe.

This ancient holy well is older than much of the city that surrounds it.

The burial place of some of Mexico's most prominent residents is full of macabre stories and hidden masonic symbols.

A 24-hour vending machine restocked daily with homemade full-sized pecan pies.