Places yweiss1 Wants to Go

A no-frills, DIY nature preserve manned by a U.S. expat who has dedicated his life to turtle conservation.

A giant 400-acre preserve in North Florida for displaced wolves.

This art center is way beyond your average pumpkin-carving operation.

This collection started by a Cornell professor once held more than 600 human brain specimens, including the one that belonged to its founder.

These expertly crafted, scientifically accurate glass sea creatures were once an international phenomenon.

A hyper-luxurious, 12,000- square foot home might be buried beneath Queens, still waiting to protect you from nuclear missiles.

This futuristic airport terminal was abandoned for decades before reopening as a hotel—with a vintage plane of its own parked out back.

The final resting place of the great escape artist, where some still gather to wait for his escape from death.

One of the oldest Jewish cemeteries in the city, it is now overgrown with an urban forest.

Read between the lines of the subway map to find the hidden abandoned Civil War fort.

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

The Vatican of the movie industry turned into an actual church.

The site of the deadly Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire.

Salute the leader of the proletariat.

Prove you deserve to be fed by Kenny Shopsin.

Reverend Jen's unique museum/living room showcases her troll collection.

Walk over a 150 year old manhole.

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

An iconic steel and chrome diner from the 1940s left empty for nearly 20 years is in danger of being demolished.

This whimsically unique butterfly farm focuses solely on creating habitats for the gentle insects.

A museum designed by and dedicated to P.T. Barnum in the town where he is buried.

An abandoned Depression-era zoo hidden just off the highway.

Down a stairway in the East Village, you could once read a plaque describing an alternate history of a fictional version of Manhattan.

This small New York museum examines Chinese history from its origins right up to its arrival in the city.