Places tjenk Wants to Go

4,000 monkeys used for medical testing on an island off of South Carolina.

These mysterious ancient stone spheres were created by a civilization lost to time and are now mostly lawn ornaments.

This red-eyed chrome beast pays homage to the popular modern myth of West Virginia's insectoid monster.

This quirky local sculpture is quite literally a fish out of water.

This park contains one of the largest concentrations of cedar glades, a unique and rare ecosystem.

Dinosaurs invade a suburban Nashville neighborhood.

This collection of ferns from across the globe is the largest assortment in the United States.

Where the four original members of the Ramones hung out and revolutionized punk rock.

The oldest pastificio in Queens offers visitors fresh noodles and a peek inside the macaroni-making magic.

Piano-making empire filled with 200-year-old steam machines still churning out 1,000 instruments a year.

Read between the lines of the subway map to find the hidden abandoned Civil War fort.

The final resting place of the great escape artist, where some still gather to wait for his escape from death.

This Fifth Avenue church has long been the favored worshiping place of Broadway actors and vaudeville performers.

A heartbreaking monument showing the last morning in the life of Jane Griffith.

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

A room in New York City that contains 250 cubic yards of dirt.

The former sign of this immortal music venue is just that--undying.

A crumbling hospital from the 1850s on Roosevelt Island.

The world’s largest collection of Tiffany glass sits in a warehouse in Queens.

The feral felines of Roosevelt Island have a small army of allies and an abandoned hospital all to themselves.

Order scoops of pandan, lychee, and black sesame at this family-run institution.

Possible relics of the ancient Roman city are hidden in this restaurant's façade.

A clock set into the concrete outside a Manhattan jeweler has been telling time underfoot for over a century.

Whisper secrets in a busy station only to be heard on the other side of this acoustic arch.