New York, New York
Brooklyn Bridge Love Locks
A popular European tradition makes its way to the states on one of America's most famous bridges.
Places sierrawest Wants to Go
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Places I want to go
Places on this traveler's wishlist.
Woodstock, New York
Overlook Mountain House Ruins
A once grand hotel is being retaken by the wilderness it once capitalized on.
Orchard Park, New York
Eternal Flame Falls at Chestnut Ridge County Park
A natural gas leak provides a flickering flame beneath a waterfall.
New York, New York
Blockhouse No. 1
This ruined fort hidden at the top of Central Park can't seem to keep from losing its historical plaques.
New York, New York
United Palace Theatre
One of the last Jazz Age "Wonder Theaters" in New York City.
Brooklyn, New York
House of Wax
Tucked in a nondescript downtown Brooklyn mall is a bar containing a remarkable turn of the century anatomical wax collection last seen in 1920s Berlin.
New York, New York
Angel Orensanz Foundation
The oldest surviving synagogue in New York City is now a soaring art space.
New York, New York
The Secret Entrance to the Knickerbocker Hotel
An unassuming secret door once led to a legendary watering hole.
Queens, New York
Fort Totten
Read between the lines of the subway map to find the hidden abandoned Civil War fort.
Queens, New York
Surreal Elevator
Nondescript elevator doors open to reveal a stunning, surreal world.
Permanently Closed
New York, New York
Holographic Studios Inc.
The world's oldest hologram gallery and the labyrinthine laser laboratory of a holography pioneer.
Staten Island, New York
Nonnas of the World
A restaurant on Staten Island showcases a different grandmother’s cooking every night.
Bronx, New York
North Brother Island
Home to the infamous "Typhoid Mary" and the worst loss of life in New York's history prior to September 11, 2001.
Beacon, New York
Zelda Fitzgerald's Abandoned Sanatorium
The abandoned husk of a mental institution that failed to save a Jazz Age icon still sits nearly unchanged.
New York, New York
Berlin Wall Section
A celebration of capitalism in Midtown.
New York, New York
Keith Haring’s ‘Once Upon a Time’ Bathroom Mural
A masterpiece of LGBT art has been restored in what may now be the most valuable restroom in America.
New York, New York
Gimbel's Bridge
A three-story copper skybridge connects two Manhattan buildings with Art Deco luxury.
Roscoe, New York
Craig-E-Clair Castle
An abandoned castle owned and ignored by Masons carries a cursed history.
Brooklyn, New York
Sunshine Laundromat
One of New York's best collections of pinball is hidden in a secret bar in the back of this laundromat.
Permanently Closed
New York, New York
Houdini Revealed
Hidden in an ordinary Midtown building is a one-room museum dedicated to the greatest escape artist.
New York, New York
Bellevue Hospital
The name of this famed hospital was once a byword for the horrors of medical and psychiatric care.
New York, New York
Marilyn Monroe’s Subway Grate
This unmarked and unloved Manhattan subway grate created one of the most iconic images in American cinema.
Brooklyn, New York
Brooklyn Botanic Garden
Sniff the Titan Arum's rotting flesh.
New York, New York
Unicorn Tapestries at the Cloisters
Mysterious 500-year-old tapestries depict a unicorn hunt.
