New York, New York
The Marine Grill Murals of the Hotel McAlpin
The last remnants of what was once one of the world's grandest hotels can now be found in a Manhattan subway station.
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Places I've been
Places this traveler has marked as been there.
Lyon, France
The Flower Tree
A colorful piece of contemporary art cheerfully clashes with Lyon's historical architecture.
London, England
The Churchill War Rooms
The perfectly preserved underground rooms where Churchill plotted the war against Germany.
Boston, Massachusetts
Old North Church
The site of Paul Revere's historic two lantern warning.
Narragansett, Rhode Island
Point Judith Lighthouse
This lighthouse was witness to the end of WWII hostilities and now collects creepy cairns.
Permanently Closed
Summerland Key, Florida
Sugarloaf Key Bat Tower
Bat house that has only ever housed bat for one night; they all flew away and never came back.
Calistoga, California
California's Old Faithful
California's own majestic geyser is powered by a subterranean volcano.
Brooklyn, New York
Floyd Bennett Field
The home of aviation trailblazers, in a remote corner of the big city.
Hamburg, Germany
St. Nicholas' Church
Once the tallest building in the world, this abandoned church is now a monument to the destruction of WWII.
Barryville, New York
Roebling's Delaware Aqueduct Suspension Bridge
Oldest existing wire suspension bridge in the United States.
Newport, Rhode Island
Newport Tower
Mysterious stone tower featured in many alternative histories of the New World.
Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Central Market
The oldest farmer's market in America is so ancient it was approved by the King of England.
Boston, Massachusetts
Site of the Boston Massacre
The American Revolution was galvanized into serious action due to the tragic clash with British soldiers that occurred at this location.
Sarasota, Florida
John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art
A circus legend leaves an unexpected endowment.
Fort Myers, Florida
Edison & Ford Winter Estates
One-time winter retreats of prolific inventor Thomas Edison and his friend Henry Ford.
Montségur, France
Château de Montségur
This French castle is said to have once held the Holy Grail but is now a gorgeous mountaintop ruin.
New York, New York
The Old McGraw-Hill Building
Captain America, Sub-Mariner, and the Human Torch were all born in this art deco Manhattan masterpiece.
Key West, Florida
The Conch Republic
"We Seceded Where Others Failed."
Brooklyn, New York
Coney Island Creek
Waterway populated with abandoned projects, including a submarine.
Dover, England
Dover Castle
One of the few standing Roman lighthouses and a labyrinth of tunnels are a couple of the secrets at this historic castle.
Madrid, Spain
Sobrino de Botin
The oldest restaurant in the world is this old-world Spanish eatery, still known for its suckling pig.
Dubrovnik, Croatia
Dubrovnik Cathedral Treasury (Riznica Katedrale)
A wunderkammer of gold and silver reliquaries and ancient saintly bones.
New York, New York
The Brown Building
The site of the deadly Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire.
San Francisco, California
Golden Gate Park Bison
San Francisco's urban bison herd has persisted in the face of extinction, development, and disease.
