Places williamcbrooks Wants to Go

Transmission tower outfitted with large crossbars that dampen wind-induced oscillations.

From bench to vandalism to art, this silly prank seat was funny enough to become permanent.

This massive tea kettle was once a promotional stunt for the Oriental Teashop.

The tomb of Increase Mather and his son Cotton, influential colonial ministers obsessed with the occult.

This roadside attraction has been serving out its fair share of hearty folklore and chaos since 1858.

This supermarket is suspended 25 feet above an interstate highway.

A desert island with both a buried treasure and a famous castaway.

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

A reminder to choose water over wine since 1888.

This exemplar of modernist architecture is meant to captivate and inspire students of the Cooper Union.

Dodge prohibitionists and slide through the telephone booth in Crif Dogs.

America's oldest Eastern European synagogue provided the immigrants of crowded Lower East Side tenements a space of sanctuary.

Nope, not Washington Irving's house.

Some of the best Persian food in New York comes from the front window of an unassuming pizza shop.

These ornate manhole covers were used for a now-forgotten purpose.

New York's unstoppable progress turned this cemetery into the smallest burial ground in the city.

A quiet and contemplative oasis in the middle of New York's bustle and riot.

New York City's smallest piece of private property.