Places Scott Klinger Wants to Go

A modern zoetrope on the New York City subway.

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

A staggering collection of photographs depicting medical, social, and historical change.

Come for the pastrami, stay for the million-dollar art.

America's oldest Eastern European synagogue provided the immigrants of crowded Lower East Side tenements a space of sanctuary.

Touching mementoes from those who didn't make it back from World War I still hang in one of New York's oldest bars.

Have a steam and some blini at this cafe in a century-old bathhouse.

A Jewish deli run by Yemeni Muslims in an Afro-Caribbean neighborhood is quintessential Brooklyn.

One of the last full-orchestra recording studios in New York City and an acoustical marvel.

Make a tough dinner decision: Octopus wasabi roulette or bull penis?

This subterranean oyster house has been the pearl of Grand Central Station since 1913.

Finally, you don't have to be a pious Swedish seaman to relax like one.

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

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

These Honduran caves earned their magical nickname thanks to reflective bone deposits.

When it opened during the final years of the embargo, all the drinks and cigars were free.

This popular Boston haunt is reminiscent of a time gone by, when slow cafes and sweet-smelling smoke wafting from patios was the norm.

Once a speakeasy operated by Al Capone, this Milwaukee cigar bar is now a haven for ghost hunters.

Tiki luxury on Nob Hill.

The best Tiki bar in Las Vegas.

This strange seaside tower got its name from a wealthy eccentric who would hide coins among its stones.

In the days before HD projectors and IMAX, some of the most powerful projectors belonged to planetariums.

This mysterious petroglyph evokes the ancient swastika symbol but was later vandalized with the more troublesome Nazi one.

From pink dolphins to underwater cities, this museum explores the unseen, mythical world of the Amazon river.