Places ssho305 Wants to Go

Storage warehouse of the rich and famous.

On this island, you suck away your garbage via an elaborate pneumatic tube system.

This simple Manhattan salt house is artfully shaped... well, like a giant granule of salt.

Amid skyscrapers and traffic exists this unique aquatic ecosystem.

Legendary private island in the Bronx...devoid of rats.

The famous facade of Grand Central Terminal hides a regulation tennis court—and it's not the first one.

Slurp sesame noodles at the third-generation family-run establishment that invented them.

Three stories above you, your salad is being grown.

The smallest island in Manhattan is a manmade landfill dominated by a Buddhist peace arch.

A monument stands to the famous suffragist who penned the declaration for women's equal rights, including the right to vote.

There are owls with glowing eyes in Herald Square.

A sculptural commentary on capitalism pokes up from the East River.

An easy to overlook storefront hides some of the most authentic and regionally diverse Chinese food in New York.

A uniquely lettered street sign marks the corner where the iconic word game was invented.

Thriving meadows span a rooftop in one of Brooklyn's most heavily industrialized neighborhoods.

This small, hidden cove is home to abandoned boats.

The name of this tiny pocket park tucked between two buildings on Manhattan's Upper West Side is Latin for its location: "seventy-one."

Wine bottle sculpture with a ship's stateroom inside.

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

New York's oldest and possibly grandest keeper of books.

Bowl in splendor, if you're lucky.

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

The loneliest island in New York.

Though its celestial ceiling is impressive, the true star is the vast collection of French books.