Places theolinger Wants to Go

Ride the subways of yesteryear.

Visit the monolithic tomb of America's most famous general.

A crumbling staircase in upper Manhattan is all that remains of one of the most important sites in sports history.

The oldest house in Manhattan is now a museum that remembers the home's sordid history of scandals, vice-presidents, and ghosts.

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

A miniature rainforest is growing inside of a Midtown Manhattan office building.

Named the fifth most beautiful building in America in 1885, this former courthouse boasts the best view in the Village.

Those belting out show tunes in this West Village piano bar might not realize it marks the site where Thomas Paine died in 1809.

Elevated freight railway turned wildly successful urban park.

Built just after the American Revolution, the oldest row house in New York City still stands in Chinatown.

A Manhattan tombstone honors a popular 19th-century heroine, now long forgotten.

An otherwise quiet campground becomes a bustling medieval town for two weeks every year.

Located in a beautifully restored ice house, this museum is the result of decades of hard work and devotion to the craft of plumbing.

Whimsical cookie-themed plaques mark the birthplace of the Fig Newton.

Bouncing, delightful, mechanical art at the MIT Museum.

A tiny town in an empty lot was the work of a local eight-year-old.

This former Masonic hall has been turned into an art project that uses even more metaphysical iconography.

The monument is inscribed, "To Sagamore John and those Mystic Indians Whose Bones Lie Here”.

This headstone-like marker inscribed with three words has been an utter mystery for over a century.

Dedicated to "the father of U.S. life insurance."

Massachusetts memorial to murder victim Elizabeth Short near the spot where she was born.

The classic Christmas carol was written at this Massachusetts tavern in 1850.

This giant Boston statue of Mary is standing on a globe to show her power over the universe.

Ralph Waldo Emerson spent two years living here decades before it became a Frederick Law Olmsted-designed park.