New York, New York
Marilyn Monroe’s Subway Grate
This unmarked and unloved Manhattan subway grate created one of the most iconic images in American cinema.
Places I've been
Places this traveler has marked as been there.
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
New York City's smallest piece of private property.
New York, New York
This cemetery has graves dating back to the 17th century, including the city's oldest carved tombstone and an ominous cryptogram.
New York, New York
One of only two commuter aerial tramways in the United States.
New York, New York
The feral felines of Roosevelt Island have a small army of allies and an abandoned hospital all to themselves.
New York, New York
A crumbling hospital from the 1850s on Roosevelt Island.
Keene Valley, New York
Teddy Roosevelt’s famous “midnight ride to the presidency" started at this small lake high up in the Adirondacks.
Lake Placid, New York
It wouldn't be long after purchasing this farm, Brown would lead his siege on Harper's Ferry.
Orchard Park, New York
A natural gas leak provides a flickering flame beneath a waterfall.
St Marys, Pennsylvania
A tiny one-room church built after one man's prayer for healing was answered.
Coudersport, Pennsylvania
"Dark Sky Park" is heaven on Earth for astronomers, one of the rare U.S. locations with no artificial light pollution.
Jamestown, New York
This institution pays tribute to an associate justice who protected civil rights and prosecuted Nazis.
Perrysburg, New York
An abandoned tuberculosis hospital moulders on into an uncertain future.
Austin, Pennsylvania
When the Austin Dam failed it destroyed much of Austin...and then it failed again.
Belmont, New York
An off the grid woodland retreat that harkens back to days long forgotten.
East Otto, New York
A collection of unique outdoor sculptures surounded by the beauty of nature.
Mt. Jewett, Pennsylvania
Once the "Eighth Wonder of the World," this iron railroad bridge was decimated by a tornado.
Angelica, New York
A quaint village in Western New York named after Alexander Hamilton's beloved sister-in-law.
Salamanca, New York
This museum pays tribute to the largest group in the Iroquois Confederacy.
Bradford, Pennsylvania
This collection honors the iconic, and proudly American lighter that just won't quit.