New York, New York
The Wishbones of McSorley's Old Ale House
Touching mementoes from those who didn't make it back from World War I still hang in one of New York's oldest bars.
Places I've been
Places this traveler has marked as been there.
New York, New York
Touching mementoes from those who didn't make it back from World War I still hang in one of New York's oldest bars.
New York, New York
The most confusing clock in New York.
New York, New York
This Fifth Avenue church has long been the favored worshiping place of Broadway actors and vaudeville performers.
New York, New York
A miniature rainforest is growing inside of a Midtown Manhattan office building.
New York, New York
Spinning silently in the lobby of an Art Deco masterwork is a massive vintage model of the Earth.
New York, New York
A very classy 1920s-era bar right in Grand Central Station.
New York, New York
A celebration of capitalism in Midtown.
New York, New York
A small peaceful park and waterfall tucked amid the urban grind of Midtown Manhattan.
Bronx, New York
The first and only carousel with a lineup entirely of insects.
New York, New York
Mysterious 500-year-old tapestries depict a unicorn hunt.
Bronx, New York
Home to the infamous "Typhoid Mary" and the worst loss of life in New York's history prior to September 11, 2001.
New York, New York
The New York hotel where tragic visionary Nikola Tesla spent his final hours, destitute and alone but for the pigeons.
New York, New York
A grand New York post office that is home to mailman Santas, scraps of postal history, and a pneumatic mail system.
New York, New York
A bit of retro transportation flair preserved in the world's largest department store.
Brooklyn, New York
Empty, but not abandoned, this cavernous Brooklyn loading dock was once considered the largest individual building in the world.
Eindhoven, Netherlands
A UFO-shaped event building originally intended to be a science museum showcasing the future.
Heidelberg, Germany
Sitting in the basement of a castle, the largest wine barrel in the world is bigger than most apartments.
Whitby, England
These 20-foot jaw bones honor a time when the leviathan bones were a sign that whalers survived the hunt.
Whitby, England
The gloomy ruins that inspired Bram Stoker to bring Dracula to life.
London, England
The "beautiful" equation predicting the movement of all electromagnetic particles is engraved in front of Newton's tomb.
London, England
The John Snow Memorial marks the epicenter of London's 1854 cholera epidemic.
Canterbury, England
One of England's most famous churches hides a pair of little known architectural treasures.
Dover, England
One of the few standing Roman lighthouses and a labyrinth of tunnels are a couple of the secrets at this historic castle.
London, England
The perfectly preserved underground rooms where Churchill plotted the war against Germany.