Places wherearewedude Wants to Go

How did a historical Black burial ground become a Staten Island strip mall?

This small and serene place for quiet reflection on Staten Island was built in China based on the gardens of the Ming Dynasty.

A journey to a hand-crafted island involves a trip across this lattice bridge.

A living antique aviation museum in the historic town of Red Hook, New York.

A unique work of art that was created without permission.

The mysterious image is believed to show Edward Hyde, 3rd Earl of Clarendon, in a beautiful blue dress.

A big shiny gin and whiskey distillery in Sunset Park.

Along the Palisades skyline are the ruins of a large mansion built in 1911 and demolished in the 1930s.

Said to be haunted, this tower was constructed by a sugar importer as a gift to his wife.

Filled with history, this cemetery is maintained each summer by a few hungry goats.

This Queens beer hall preserves a German culture and language that is all but lost.

How a century-old glass factory in Queens became a concert venue and arts center.

A century ago, aspiring socialites climbed on this cement beast with the hopes of marrying a millionaire.

This lower Manhattan bar is set up in an old bank vault that rests beneath a skyscraper that hides even more historic splendor.

The peaceful space is adorned by paintings by the famed abstract artist Mark Rothko.

Micro-distillery in Brooklyn produces New York’s first homemade rum since Prohibition.

This speakeasy continues the Prohibition-era legacy of Harlem's jazzy Swing Street.

This small, hidden cove is home to abandoned boats.

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

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

A semi-scholarly approach to sex.

The final resting place of a famous 19th-century murder victim whose identity is still a mystery.

In the middle of suburban Staten Island, a nearly 150-year-old bakery is preserving the art of a disappearing New York treat.

World Trade Center memorial likened to a woman's sexual organ.