Places Talbot von Sregor Wants to Go

The impeccably spiced roast pork buns at this bakery are worth the wait.

While it now takes more than a dime to open an account this historic Brooklyn bank still displays the opulence of the gilded age in which it was built.

One of the deadliest American air disasters is nearly forgotten in Brooklyn.

This Bronx apartment building is officially recognized as the birthplace of hip-hop.

The only remaining building in New York to see the inauguration of a president is being slowly overtaken by a grocery store.

Lehigh Valley barge No. 79 still gets tugged along - but now it houses a museum and unusual performances.

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

Retribution for death of infamous mob boss Franie Yale was a case of mistaken identity.

The studio of influential composer Charles Ives is perfectly reconstructed, hidden in the back of the American Academy of Arts and Letters.

Stunningly detailed mosaics in a New York subway station bring life to the Weimaraners of artist William Wegman's work—and to thousands of commutes.

Residents of this Brooklyn neighborhood may be unaware their houses sit atop a buried trolley graveyard.

This elaborate tunnel is the first structure composed of cast concrete in the United States.

This abandoned artificial island off the coast of New York City is now home to dozens of harbor seals.

A mass grave for victims of one of the city’s worst fires.

A temple belonging to the largest Buddhist order in South Korea nestled in the middle of New York City.

Depression-era fun lives on in this Harlem museum dedicated to the sport of the street.

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

The flagship building of an early national restaurant chain is a superb example of terra cotta art.

This eclectic sculpture garden in Brooklyn, home to a bizarre collection of art, was once a run-down junkyard.

These small stands sell Malian snacks to worshippers and passersby after Friday prayers in Harlem.

Final resting place of Typhoid Mary.

Michael Jackson got Bad and Crocodile Dundee walked on heads in this iconic Brooklyn subway station.

The humble fort that saved Washington.

The pioneering photographer's prints are immortalized inside her childhood home.