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Anna Minster

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Whether I am at home or on the road, I can always be found halfway between Cincinnati and Toledo.
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Places I've been

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The garden inside the Ford Foundation Building

New York, New York

New York's Hidden Tropical Forest

A miniature rainforest is growing inside of a Midtown Manhattan office building.

Signs.

New York, New York

Gay Street

An aptly-named street near the birthplace of the modern LGBT rights movement.

IFC Center

New York, New York

IFC Center Peephole

The best way to get a sneak peek at the movies.

Prayer flags on the front of the chanting hall.

Staten Island, New York

Jacques Marchais Museum of Tibetan Art

The collection is exhibited in a Staten Island building modeled on traditional Himalayan architecture.

Framed items.

Brooklyn, New York

BAM Hamm Archives

A collection of playbills, photographs, and other memorabilia from the Brooklyn Academy of Music.

The room that was previously part of the subway tunnel.

Brooklyn, New York

Le Boudoir

Just your average Marie Antoinette–themed speakeasy in an abandoned 19th-century subway tunnel.

Willowbrook State School.

Staten Island, New York

Willowbrook State School

Failed state-supported institution meant to rehabilitate students with intellectual disabilities.

Burger Joint

New York, New York

Burger Joint

Slyly buy a shake in the Parker Meridien lobby.

Interior wall, Greenwich Village Shopsin's.

New York, New York

Shopsin's

Prove you deserve to be fed by Kenny Shopsin.

Spiller Field Magnolias

Atlanta, Georgia

Spiller Field Magnolia Trees

This pair of centuries-old magnolia trees was once struck by a Babe Ruth home run.

The World's Columbian Exhibition of 1893

Chicago, Illinois

The World's Columbian Exhibition of 1893

What's left of the ruins of the 1893 Columbian Exhibition, or World's Fair, also known as the White City.

Obama Kissing Rock

Chicago, Illinois

Obama Kissing Rock

The site of the first couple's first kiss is commemorated by the most adorable presidential monument ever.

Dialogo

Chicago, Illinois

Dialogo

This abstract sculpture is rumored to cast a hammer-and-sickle shadow once a year.

Cosmic Ray Detectors

Chicago, Illinois

Cosmic Ray Detectors

One of the largest pieces of scientific equipment ever carried on a NASA space shuttle sits in a Chicago alley.

Concrete Traffic

Chicago, Illinois

Concrete Traffic

An actual 1957 Cadillac De Ville, encased in 15 cubic yards of concrete.

Station outside as of February 2016

Chicago, Illinois

Historic Garfield Station Entrance

The original Garfield station is the oldest station facility on the "L", with the station house dating from 1892.

Confederate Mound.

Chicago, Illinois

Confederate Mound

The final resting place of up to 6,000 Confederate soldiers, the largest mass grave in the Western Hemisphere.

WNB Financial Winona MN African Safari Exhibit

Winona, Minnesota

WNB Financial African Safari Exhibit

Hunting trophies and antique guns make up the unusual display at this Minnesota bank building.

World's Largest Boot

Red Wing, Minnesota

World's Largest Boot

Inside this museum resides a boot fit for a giant.

The shining star

Minneapolis, Minnesota

Prince’s Star at First Avenue

After the musical legend's death, his memorial was mysteriously graffitied in gold.

The Times They Are A-Changin'

Minneapolis, Minnesota

The Times They Are A-Changin'

This kaleidoscopic mural shows Bob Dylan throughout his transition from young troubadour to Nobel laureate.

Man Mound

Baraboo, Wisconsin

Man Mound

The remains of a enormous earthen figure of unknown origins cuts across a rural Wisconsin road.

During the daytime, there are enough swings beneath the bridge that there's usually an open seat!
Permanently Closed

Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Swing Park

An off-the-beaten-path place to literally hang beneath Milwaukee's Holton Street Bridge.

Black Cat Alley

Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Black Cat Alley

A group of artists transformed this desolate city alleyway into an outdoor gallery of street art.

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