Hyde Park, New York
The Hyde Park Vanderbilt Mansion
"A hideous albatross in the Hudson River Valley."
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Places I've been
Places this traveler has marked as been there.
New York, New York
Giant Needle and Button
There must be a pun in this haystack somewhere...
New York, New York
One Times Square
This historic address is home to the beloved ball and is an almost totally empty building among the most expensive real estate in the world.
New York, New York
President Ulysses S. Grant's Tomb
Visit the monolithic tomb of America's most famous general.
New York, New York
Macy's Wooden Escalators
A bit of retro transportation flair preserved in the world's largest department store.
New York, New York
The Real Winnie the Pooh & Pals
The original toys that inspired the beloved children's stories are on display at the New York Public Library.
New York, New York
The 'Ghostbusters' Firehouse
Try not to get slimed in Tribeca.
Aztec, New Mexico
Aztec Ruins National Monument
The hallowed remains of a 900-year old Ancestral Pueblo great house.
Jersey City, New Jersey
The Colgate Clock
On the Hudson resides one of the largest clocks in the world.
Franconia, New Hampshire
Old Man of the Mountain Profiler Plaza
A serene plaza that commemorates one of the Granite State's most iconic figures.
Cornish, New Hampshire
Saint-Gaudens National Historical Park
The summer home and later final residence of acclaimed American sculptor Augustus Saint-Gaudens.
Portsmouth, New Hampshire
U.S.S. Albacore
Once the future of underwater combat, this old sub is now open for visitors to muck around in.
Fallon, Nevada
The Shoe Tree of Middlegate
A tree bears footwear on the loneliest road in America.
Reno, Nevada
Old Reno Arch
The arch that celebrated the completion of the Lincoln and Victory highways.
Elko, Nevada
White King
The world's largest dead polar bear, immortalized by taxidermy and Hunter S. Thompson.
Virginia City, Nevada
Piper's Opera House
Back in the day everyone who was anyone played this historic western theater.
Baker, Nevada
Permanent Wave Society
A whimsical, punny collection of "fence art" outside the tiny mountain town of Baker, Nevada.
Austin, Nevada
Stokes Castle
This railroad magnate's 19th century tower is more than a little bit out of place in the Nevada desert.
White Pine County, Nevada
Ward Charcoal Ovens State Historic Park
These huge stone ovens in the desert fueled the Nevada silver boom, and may have also been a hideout for outlaws.
Washoe County, Nevada
Bonsai Rock, Lake Tahoe
Eastern zen meets Western grit in these four little trees growing out of a rock on Lake Tahoe’s Nevada shore.
Austin, Nevada
U.S. Route 50
Officially named the "Loneliest Road in America," this barren stretch of Nevada road offers almost nothing but sky and open fields.
Baker, Nevada
Lehman Caves
A gothic palace of endless stalagmites and pseudoscorpions waits within one of the world's most beautiful caves.
Baker, Nevada
The Bristlecone Pines of the Great Basin
The longest living non-clonal organisms on Earth.
Chadron, Nebraska
Nebraska National Forest
America's largest man-made forest was planted in an effort to bring back the past.
