San Antonio, Texas
The Fort Sam Houston Quadrangle and Museum
A National Historic Landmark with a scenic clock tower and park filled with deer and peacocks, plus a military museum.
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Places I want to go
Places on this traveler's wishlist.
Austin, Texas
Mayfield Park
Free public park and gardens filled with peacocks and peahens.
Austin, Texas
Cathedral of Junk
This unique structure in suburban Austin is made up entirely of other people's castaways, and constantly changing.
Hearne, Texas
Grave in the Road
This one-woman cemetery was a small civil rights victory.
Houston, Texas
Eclectic Menagerie Park
A private collection of massive steel monsters guarding a Texas pipe works.
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Houston, Texas
The Big Bubble
There is an unmarked red button hidden over Houston's Buffalo Bayou that is just begging to pushed...
New Orleans, Louisiana
Kermit's Tremé Mother-in-Law Lounge
"If she'd leave us alone, we would have a happy home, sent from down below."
New York, New York
William Lescaze Townhouse
New York City's first Modernist house.
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New York, New York
St. Luke's Place Coal Hole Covers
These ornate manhole covers were used for a now-forgotten purpose.
New York, New York
Spring Street Salt Shed
This simple Manhattan salt house is artfully shaped... well, like a giant granule of salt.
New York, New York
Broadway Flea Market
An annual extravaganza of Broadway theater memorabilia.
New York, New York
The Ziegfeld Head
The front yard of an Upper East Side town house hides the last fragment of one of New York's most famous theatres.
New York, New York
Graybar Rats
Rat sculptures try to infiltrate the Graybar Building in an architectural tribute to New York City's nautical history.
New York, New York
Houston Bowery Art Wall
This wall on a street corner in Lower Manhattan has been a blank canvas for a rotation of renowned artists since the 1980s.
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
300 West 38th Street
Cheap pizza and all of your naughty bedroom needs housed in a stunning example of Art Nouveau architecture.
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New York, New York
New York's Oldest Phone Number
Need to book a room at the Hotel Pennsylvania? Just dial up 6-5000.
New York, New York
Secret Apartment in the Fort Washington Library
This abandoned caretaker's apartment is one of 13 left in the New York Public Library system.
New York, New York
Cole Porter's Piano
A famous songsmith's custom piano, dubbed "High Society," is hidden just out of sight in one of New York's finest hotels.
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New York, New York
Grand Opening 139 Norfolk
Check your calendars; you might be attending a drive-in movie or sitting next to a fashion runway.
New York, New York
La Plaza Cultural
This former crime corner has been turned into an eclectic community center.
New York, New York
Site of Columbia University's Nuclear Reactor
This was one of the first (and last) university-built and operated nuclear reactors.
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New York, New York
Hidden Wall of 1976 Graffiti
A partially hidden wall graffitied by spectators of the 1976 Bicentennial, recently rediscovered.
New York, New York
Holiday Nostalgia Train
During the holidays, a vintage subway train whisks New Yorkers back in time.
