Places Edited by cait7911

Down a stairway in the East Village, you could once read a plaque describing an alternate history of a fictional version of Manhattan.

A cult following celebrates the legend that belies this curious podiatrists' office sign which has worked its way into song, literature, animation, and the visual arts.

Relics given to a Manhattan church to avoid seizure by the Italian government.

Ant sculptures march up the side of what used to be an iconic spot in punk rock lore.

A tiny museum housed in a New York freight elevator specializes in the "overlooked, dismissed, or ignored."

The one-stop shop for all of your superhero (or evil arch-nemesis) needs.

Blighted Irish field and the ruins of a 19th-century cottage on the edge of urban Manhattan.

This stately monument has been wearing a traffic cone hat for decades much to the delight of the locals.

This iconic L.A. bookshop is housed in an abandoned bank—both symbolic and chic.

The oldest cemetery in New Orleans, resting peacefully for over 200 years now.

All you ever needed or wanted to know about America's favorite whiskey, but not a drop to drink.

Named the fifth most beautiful building in America in 1885, this former courthouse boasts the best view in the Village.

Marking the spot where a conquistador gave up his search for the fabled Seven Cities of Gold.

Minimalist modern art on a repurposed military base in rural Texas.

The legendary building that needed ghostly approval before being built.

Colorado Boulevard’s historic bookstore, operating since the bustling city of Pasadena was merely some orange groves and a few ostrich farms.

The tale of a strong-willed woman who stood her ground when the commercial world came rumbling in.

The engineering feat of the Panama Canal was possible in small part thanks to materials developed in this humble Red Hook foundry.

“Invented in Key West, Perfected in Brooklyn."

Commemorating the spot where the famous scientist fed his pigeons.

Curious crustaceans support an obelisk from ancient Egypt that now stands in modern-day Central Park.

Statue in Salem of the woman who starred as the witch Samantha in the sitcom "Bewitched."

The site where Charles Dickens gave his first public reading of "A Christmas Carol" in the US.

One of the oldest living oak trees in the Southeast.