Places wherearewedude Wants to Go

This forgotten graveyard in rural New York State once served a pioneering hospital.

A formerly abandoned mental institute, now back in business.

A museum that houses a collection of stenography machines plus dozens of books, photographs, and guides to shorthand languages from around the world.

A historic lighthouse steeped in rumors of ghost and pirate stories.

The site of a tragic massacre that spawned a multimedia franchise.

The first pet cemetery in the United States.

Dedicated to preserving the history of free Black communities in Brooklyn and beyond.

Residents of this Brooklyn neighborhood may be unaware their houses sit atop a buried trolley graveyard.

A basement pool hall is the front for some of the best Dominican food in New York City.

Despite not growing anywhere near New York City, bananas are ripened in a pressurized room in the Bronx using precise banana science.

Final resting place of Typhoid Mary.

Discover the taste of mold.

Memorial built in 1922 in remembrance of WWI casualties.

If it feels like a speakeasy, that’s because it probably was one.

Once forgotten, this strip of sand was a rare beachside haven for Black Americans in Atlantic City.

Amazingly, this old machine within the Resorts Casino still functions.

The third-tallest lighthouse in the United States stands as a reminder of Atlantic City's early days.

Seven people are buried in the middle of what's now a movie theater parking lot.

In a New Jersey cemetery, the final resting place of two brothers who fell victim to a deadly mushroom.

An unrealized dream to wirelessly electrify the entire Earth.

The studio of influential composer Charles Ives is perfectly reconstructed, hidden in the back of the American Academy of Arts and Letters.

From banquet hall to Masonic Lodge and now concert venue, Ganz Hall is a breathtaking glimpse of into the golden age of American architecture.

This monument owes its name to a quote by the famous civil rights activist and journalist.

This unauthorized stone mermaid was secretly carved out of public stone before being permanently preserved.