Sarasota, Florida
The Last Defense of Fort Juan Ortiz
A lone gunner's station is all that remains of a replica Spanish Fort in Florida.
Places I've been
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Sarasota, Florida
A lone gunner's station is all that remains of a replica Spanish Fort in Florida.
Brooklyn, New York
One of the largest public housing complexes in New York once visited by Eleanor Roosevelt.
Brooklyn, New York
What’s a sure fire way to end up in jail in New York in the 1920s? Peddling bad moonshine.
Brooklyn, New York
One of only two remaining Victorian-era greenhouses in New York.
Brooklyn, New York
Enter the deli, walk until you hit the taxidermy, then order some hot, homey guisado.
Brooklyn, New York
The inventor of the Coney Island hot dog rests in a grand mausoleum in Brooklyn.
Brooklyn, New York
A curious friendship between two inanimate ladies.
Brooklyn, New York
This controversial statue has migrated twice in its life.
Brooklyn, New York
The real "father of baseball" rests in Brooklyn.
Brooklyn, New York
The painter who popularized "bulls" and "bears" as symbols for the stock market didn't get a proper headstone for over a century.
Brooklyn, New York
The Father of the Erie Canal has a magnificent grave marker that redefines the term "final resting place."
Brooklyn, New York
A mass grave for victims of one of the city’s worst fires.
Brooklyn, New York
A Victorian cemetery in the heart of Brooklyn remains a popular mecca of morbid curiosity.
Brooklyn, New York
Final resting place of the immigrant who brought artificial seltzer water to America.
Brooklyn, New York
I fought the law and the precinct caved in.
Central Islip, New York
A museum that houses a collection of stenography machines plus dozens of books, photographs, and guides to shorthand languages from around the world.
Nashville, Tennessee
This replica of the Greek structure is in the heart of Nashville.
Nashville, Tennessee
The alley connecting two of country music’s most historic venues has a rich history of its own.
New York, New York
Tucked away amidst some of the most famous addresses in the world is New York’s only fraction of a street.
New York, New York
Two large-scale sculptures of Adam and Eve greet visitors in the nude at the Time Warner Center in NYC.
New York, New York
This unmarked and unloved Manhattan subway grate created one of the most iconic images in American cinema.
New York, New York
If it hadn't been caught in time, a flaw in the design of this Manhattan skyscraper could have led to its collapse.
New York, New York
Read a book next to a Midtown waterfall.
New York, New York
New York City's first Modernist house.