Places Temporary Hero Wants to Go

This New York estate was designed to resemble a medieval Scottish castle.

This memorial honors thousands of enslaved Africans and their descendants who died in colonial New York.

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

The schoolhouse where Jesse Merwin, the inspiration for the "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" character, once taught.

A CT scan revealed the identity of this 3,000-year-old mummy that everyone erroneously thought was female.

What remains of the simple red brick chapel where the women's rights movement began.

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

A one-ton statue of Steve Rogers beautifies the entry to a Brooklyn Bed, Bath & Beyond.

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

A reversed traffic signal that was once violently misinterpreted as a statement on British-Irish relations.

The seat of Buffalo government is a gorgeous Art Deco palace.

The humble fort that saved Washington.

The second-largest (of only two in the world) large particle collider is the underdog of experimental physics.

An abandoned tuberculosis hospital moulders on into an uncertain future.

Want to build a wind turbine? Secede from the nation.

This isolated community does not want you to visit.

This block in downtown Brooklyn was a hotbed of antislavery activism along the Underground Railroad.

You don't have to be an ambassador to dine like one.

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

Every dish is blessed in this basement eatery beneath a Hare Krishna temple.

A gazebo that inspired the fifth episode of the "Twilight Zone" still stands in the creator's hometown

An unassuming island in the middle of the Hudson that hosts campers, including Aleister Crowley.

A fictional town that was briefly brought to life before fading once again out of existence.

A world of whimsy and wonder aboard a one of a kind historic landmark vessel.