Places sophiee Wants to Go

These mystical miniature houses bring a touch of magic to the New Jersey woods.

Along the Palisades skyline are the ruins of a large mansion built in 1911 and demolished in the 1930s.

The remains of a century-old mansion that met a fiery demise years after it was deserted.

Whimsical artist house in the New Jersey woods.

In the woods of New Jersey lie the ruins of a munitions village abandoned after World War I and the remnants of a 1920s wooden racetrack.

Once in a state of dilapidation, this candy-inspired fortress is now being revived.

This historic iron-working village is now a ghost town so immaculate that it looks as though it was recently built.

This tiny New Jersey village has lived many lives but seems determined to remain a ghost town.

A unique sculpture park that specializes in the huge and bizarre.

Hundreds of glow-in-the-dark objects light up a museum in a historic zinc mine.

This unusual subway stop was originally a real estate office.

A bronze tribute to a legendary Californian, the self-proclaimed "Emperor of the United States."

The first fresco Diego Rivera painted in the United States can be found in the former San Francisco Stock Exchange.

One of the last remnants of the city's Chinese nightclub scene is now a dive bar selling killer mai tais.

The inventor of the Coney Island hot dog rests in a grand mausoleum in Brooklyn.

This impressive mansion in Vinegar Hill has some mysterious details in its architecture.

Walk into the 19th century without leaving Brooklyn.

A way to take your secrets to someone else's grave.

One of only two remaining Victorian-era greenhouses in New York.

The last slot car racing arcade in Brooklyn is keeping the dream of speedy little autos alive.

Every animal in the torah taxidermied and crammed into a Brooklyn townhouse.

Oldest surviving example of a Dutch saltbox frame house in America.

This neo-Gothic former auto showroom is one of the few remaining reminders of Brooklyn's "Automobile Row."

The childhood home of one of America's greatest unsung troubadours still stands in a much changed Brooklyn neighborhood.