New York, New York
National Debt Clock
This installation turns abstract economics into a stark, public spectacle.
Places I've been
Places this traveler has marked as been there.
New York, New York
This installation turns abstract economics into a stark, public spectacle.
Paris, France
A cocktail lounge decorated like an American dive bar, in honor of the legendary author Ernest Hemingway.
Brooklyn, New York
The secret behind these nostalgic light fixtures: They're not as old as they may seem.
Paris, France
An underground tropical garden sits inside a Paris Métro Station.
New York, New York
Perhaps the most storied New York City eatery, Delmonico’s reshaped American restaurants.
New York, New York
A tidbit of Poe history on the Upper West Side of Manhattan.
Paris, France
A lush vertical garden blooming in the heart of Paris.
New York, New York
Wooden pavers represent a 17th-century barrier that gave Wall Street its name.
London, England
England's “third-oldest college” has not graduated a single student in over 400 years.
Boston, Massachusetts
The colonial home of Paul Revere during the American Revolution.
Paris, France
This stone angel is one of the biggest caryatids in all of Paris.
New York, New York
A Manhattan tombstone honors a popular 19th-century heroine, now long forgotten.
Kiischpelt, Luxembourg
This modest monument marks the only point of intersection between longitude and latitude in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg.
Wahl, Luxembourg
The "little Sistine Chapel of Luxembourg" is in the smallest village in the tiny country.
New York, New York
The East Village tenement from the cover of Led Zeppelin’s 1975 album has a tea shop on the ground floor.
New York, New York
This ruined fort hidden at the top of Central Park can't seem to keep from losing its historical plaques.
Brooklyn, New York
A wooden rollercoaster that still delivers a thrill.
Créteil, France
A cluster of cylindrical apartment buildings nod to the city’s vegital past.
Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer, France
A coastal French town said to have been visited by Jesus' disciples is a major pilgrimage center for Catholic Romanis.
Virginia Beach, Virginia
Constructed during the roaring 20s, this restored historic hotel recalls its past as home to the first in-hotel distillery.
London, England
The last vestiges of a magnificent Victorian-era train station can be found in this pub.
Walferdange, Luxembourg
A Roman water tunnel still flows 2,000 years on.
London, England
As seen in the Spice Girls ‘Wannabe’ music video.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
This overlooked courtyard and museum celebrate Benjamin Franklin's life and achievements.