Jersey City, New Jersey
The Katyń Massacre Memorial
This evocative New Jersey statue memoralizes the Polish victims of a Soviet massacre.
2015
Places I've been
Places this traveler has marked as been there.
Hoboken, New Jersey
Sybil's Cave
The remains of a 19th century spring, and the site of an infamous unsolved murder.
Hoboken, New Jersey
Birthplace of Baseball Monument
A bronze plaque at an intersection in Hoboken marks the place where the game of baseball first took shape.
New York, New York
Plaque of Nikola Tesla on Radio Wave Building
The former hotel where Tesla invented the radio.
New York, New York
The Remnants of Tin Pan Alley
The one-time epicenter of American songwriting is now a little remembered Manhattan commercial block.
New York, New York
Padre Pio Shrine
Church in Manhattan holds the bloody sock of Padre Pio, among with many other unusual relics.
New York, New York
Marble Hill
Manhattan and the Bronx have been playing tug-of-war over this former island neighborhood for more than a century.
New Smyrna Beach, Florida
Old Fort Park
These mysterious ruins are hidden amid this sleepy coastal city.
New York, New York
Abandoned 18th Street Subway Station
This abandoned subway station can still be seen on regular commuter trips.
New York, New York
Tammany Hall
The notorious headquarters of a corrupt political machine.
New York, New York
The "Irving House"
Nope, not Washington Irving's house.
New York, New York
Antonín Dvořák's Home
The place where Dvořák composed some of his most famous works.
New York, New York
Zaragoza Mexican Deli and Grocery
Behind a grungy bodega facade, a Poblano family serves rich, home-cooked meals.
New York, New York
C-Squat
A notorious punk house turned co-op.
New York, New York
Museum of Reclaimed Urban Space
A living archive of urban activism and space reclaimed.
New York, New York
Slocum Memorial Fountain
Monument to a forgotten NYC disaster that claimed the lives of 1,000.
New York, New York
Tompkins Square Temperance Fountain
A reminder to choose water over wine since 1888.
New York, New York
Hare Krishna Tree
One of the few remaining American elm trees in New York’s Tompkins Square Park was the birthplace of a new religion.
New York, New York
The Relic Chapel at the Church of the Most Holy Redeemer
Relics given to a Manhattan church to avoid seizure by the Italian government.
New York, New York
The Location of Paul's Boutique
The iconic Manhattan corner that was once the site of the Beastie Boys' fake clothing store.
Permanently Closed
Queens, New York
Cypress Hills Taxidermy Studio
One of the last taxidermists in New York City.
Queens, New York
Warung Selasa
Shop while you wait for a table in this tiny Indonesian eatery within a mini-mart.
Permanently Closed
New York, New York
Site of the Pan Am Helipad
This Manhattan skyscraper is a reminder of the brief but glorious age of urban air taxis.
New York, New York
The Wendel House
The former home of the reclusive "Weird Wendels" who dominated New York real estate a century before Donald Trump.
