Places Traci Wants to Go

Hiroshima survivor on Riverside Drive.

Harlem park dedicated to compulsive hoarders killed by their own junk.

Finally, you don't have to be a pious Swedish seaman to relax like one.

The preserved house of a jazz legend still echoes with his music.

In the back of a nondescript sports bar is a museum-worthy mural by legendary cartoonists.

A hidden architectural treasure in New York's Brooklyn.

Every year model trains zip through a miniature New York City that's now 150 landmarks strong.

A former connection to City Island, it has been abandoned since the 1930s.

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

A working metal shop and venue for outrageous art and music shows in a former cannonball factory.

Historical figures from New York City's Catholic community reside in Midtown.

A sculptural commentary on capitalism pokes up from the East River.

The world's largest collection of materials relating to lesbian history is housed in a Brooklyn townhouse.

A uniquely lettered street sign marks the corner where the iconic word game was invented.

A beautiful collection of architectural ornaments rescued from demolished New York City buildings.

Built hundreds of years ago this downtown iron barrier once protected a much despised king.

Nature and beauty amidst pollution and industrial wreckage.

A no-frills cinephile haven known for showing offbeat, underseen films.

The iconic Manhattan corner that was once the site of the Beastie Boys' fake clothing store.

A notorious punk house turned co-op.

A curious friendship between two inanimate ladies.

A staggering collection of photographs depicting medical, social, and historical change.

A once crucial portion of the Long Island railroad still lays abandoned, waiting to be turned into an urban park.

An arcade packed with a rotating collection of unique independent video games.