Places Sareese Wants to Go

Halloween spirit is alive and well in this small town, where residents race motorized caskets in a yearly tradition.

Curious crustaceans support an obelisk from ancient Egypt that now stands in modern-day Central Park.

This innocent-looking townhome is actually a subway exit.

The end of the 4 Line is also the end of the line for 300,000 souls in one of NYC's most illustrious cemeteries.

Once America's longest-manned military fort, now an abandoned hulk.

Manhattan's lighthouse, erected at the insistence of the unsinkable Molly Brown.

“Invented in Key West, Perfected in Brooklyn."

A Manhattan courthouse hides a small but scathing memorial to Holocaust injustice.

A quiet and contemplative oasis in the middle of New York's bustle and riot.

Bowl in splendor, if you're lucky.

One of the last few places in Manhattan that employed a pneumatic systemic keeps it on display.

Detailed facade of a brownstone in Boerum Hill.

Long the exclusive domain of birds and vagabonds, this little-known Central Park peninsula is open to the public once more.

Slyly buy a shake in the Parker Meridien lobby.

This abandoned subway station can still be seen on regular commuter trips.

Named the fifth most beautiful building in America in 1885, this former courthouse boasts the best view in the Village.

One of the most enjoyable bits of history at Coney Island and “the most romantic ride in the world.”

Abandoned power station once home to a squatter community, now being developed into an arts center.

The famous author's cottage hideaway.

A dark, dank room in subterranean Manhattan was the site of a ghastly murder.

A former connection to City Island, it has been abandoned since the 1930s.

An isolated beacon with a history of grisly murder and a view of some of literature's greatest inspirations.

The loneliest island in New York.

An uber-secure, windowless tower of doom in the center of Manhattan is an NSA spyscraper.