Places thelonesomeroad Wants to Go

Walk into the 19th century without leaving Brooklyn.

19th century cemetery hidden in Brooklyn's Prospect Park.

The factory for the popular Dumbo location, the Greenpoint shop is a quiet gem.

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.

A curious friendship between two inanimate ladies.

One of New York's best collections of pinball is hidden in a secret bar in the back of this laundromat.

Volunteer-run library dedicated to exploring five decades of activism history.

A band of aerialists and circus performers putting on incredible shows in East Williamsburg.

This former Norwegian sailor's church is slowly being taken over by ramshackle robot musicians.

Leaf through over 30,000 artists' sketchbooks in what may be the world's largest collection of doodles

A library and shop devoted to the body, mortality, and bringing to light forgotten or neglected histories

Behind a bodega is a small museum of relics and ephemera showcasing the history of New York.

Abandoned power station once home to a squatter community, now being developed into an arts center.

The one-stop shop for all of your superhero (or evil arch-nemesis) needs.

The home of the first American-born saint is one of the only curved buildings in New York.

An annual extravaganza of Broadway theater memorabilia.

Test your business savvy and play the market for cocktails at this stock exchange-inspired watering hole.

America's oldest Eastern European synagogue provided the immigrants of crowded Lower East Side tenements a space of sanctuary.

What happens here stays here – unless it affects the whole world.

Site of the first pathological and bacteriological research facility in the United States.

This small New York museum examines Chinese history from its origins right up to its arrival in the city.

Once considered the height of medical modernity, this structure is now the oldest remaining component of Roosevelt Hospital.

The last remnants of what was once one of the world's grandest hotels can now be found in a Manhattan subway station.

Revolutionary War casualties fill the only 17th century structure remaining in Manhattan.