New York, New York
The Former Offices of McKim, Mead and White
The one-time office of the architectural firm that ushered in the Gilded Age is now a Club Monaco.
Places blairrusse Wants to Go
105
Places I want to go
Places on this traveler's wishlist.
Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Mai-Kai Restaurant
When you can't get to the Pacific, just go to Florida.
Port Orange, Florida
The Last Resort Bar
Where serial killer Aileen Wuornos drank her last beer.
Staten Island, New York
Kreischer Mansion
This empty Victorian manse on Staten Island is said to be haunted but is actually a real life crime scene.
Washington, D.C.
Ruins of the McMillan Sand Filtration Site at Reservoir Park
An Industrial Revolution-era public work that purified water using nothing but sand.
San Francisco, California
Palace of Fine Arts
The last remaining relic of San Francisco's glittering 1915 Panama Pacific Exposition.
San Francisco, California
Spreckels Mansion
27-room home built with the fortune of a sugar magnate.
San Francisco, California
Aquatic Park Tombstones
Visible below the waves are memorials to the city's Gold Rush dead.
San Francisco, California
The Stern of the Brigantine Galilee
Once the fastest ship from San Francisco to Tahiti, the Galilee now lays in pieces in three different cities.
