Places WhimsyCat03 Wants to Go

Under a glass sidewalk lie the remains of some of Manhattan's oldest buildings.

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

The oldest family-run luncheonette in New York, last renovated in 1948, still serves food and drinks the old-fashioned way.

Elevated freight railway turned wildly successful urban park.

Try not to get slimed in Tribeca.

Manhattan’s Battery Park has a whimsical carousel full of spinning, glowing fish.

Amid the bustle and noise of the Financial District hides a secluded garden oasis above the city streets.

This beautiful building in the heart of Manhattan's Financial District was empty for decades.

Tucked in the back of this amazing antique store is an important piece of medical history.

A terrific purveyor of natural history objects and curios.

This little-known collection holds everything from "Dracula" notes, to the manuscript of "Ulysses," to the forged works of Shakespeare.

The world’s first penitentiary, meant to be humane, drove men insane.

The first American axe throwing club.

The sounds of the world's largest fully functioning pipe organ dazzle shoppers at a Philadelphia Macy's.

Yo, Adrian!

This meticulously extracted nervous system allegedly came from a 19th-century custodian who donated her body to science.

The first American department store, and home to the largest operating musical instrument in the world.

The taxidermied remains of Charles Dickens' pet raven, which helped inspire one of Edgar Allan Poe's most famous poems.

Mural made of 100,000 pieces of hand blown glass, and one of the largest glass murals in the US.

With its peeling paint and faded sign, this theater-turned-recycling plant is a nostalgic relic of 1950s Americana.

The body of St. John Neumann and his collection of hundreds of relics, on display in a Philly church.

This elaborate towering structure was once famed for its revolutionary height.

The origin of this mechanical boy was a mystery until he revealed his maker by writing it in perfect cursive.

This charming colonial alleyway is one of the oldest continuously used residential streets in the U.S.