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21.3284, -13.0101
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38.3995, -82.5782
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38.4198, -82.4428
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New York, New York
Jean-Michel Basquiat Commemorative Plaque
The artist and New York City icon lived, worked and died in this converted carriage house owned by another iconic artist, Andy Warhol.
40.7265, -73.9922
New York, New York
The Oldest Fence in New York
Built hundreds of years ago this downtown iron barrier once protected a much despised king.
40.7049, -74.0137
New York, New York
Barthman's Sidewalk Clock
A clock set into the concrete outside a Manhattan jeweler has been telling time underfoot for over a century.
40.7098, -74.0095
New York, New York
The John Street Methodist Church
The oldest Methodist church in the United States has been spreading the good news for over two centuries.
40.7091, -74.0081
New Orleans, Louisiana
The Cats of Jackson Square
By day this New Orleans square is for pedestrians, but by night it is a kingdom of kittens.
29.9567, -90.0628
Hoboken, New Jersey
Birthplace of Baseball Monument
A bronze plaque at an intersection in Hoboken marks the place where the game of baseball first took shape.
40.7499, -74.0273
London, England
St Olave Hart Street
A hidden treasure in London with a rich medieval history, and the resting place of many luminaries.
51.5109, -0.0795
New York, New York
The Wendel House
The former home of the reclusive "Weird Wendels" who dominated New York real estate a century before Donald Trump.
40.7521, -73.9823
New York, New York
Macy's Wooden Escalators
A bit of retro transportation flair preserved in the world's largest department store.
40.7508, -73.9895
London, England
Tomb of the Unknown London Girl
The remains of an ancient Roman teenager are memorialized at the base of a modern London landmark.
51.5145, -0.0803
Paris, France
Museum of Vampires
The macabre collection of Jacques Sirgent, an expert scholar on the undead and all of their trappings.
48.8756, 2.4144
New York, New York
Paley Park
A small peaceful park and waterfall tucked amid the urban grind of Midtown Manhattan.
40.7603, -73.9751
Paris, France
Musée Marmottan Monet
Former hunting lodge of a duke who was an avid collector of impressionist works.
48.8592, 2.2672
Brooklyn, New York
Lindsay for Mayor Billboard
This recently uncovered ad for Lindsay's run at Mayor in 1965 had been hiding for decades underneath a billboard.
40.6386, -73.9543
Paris, France
Montmartre Cemetery
A horde of stray cats rule in this secluded Parisian cemetery under a bridge.
48.8859, 2.3319
Paris, France
Cours des Miracles (Court of Miracles)
Beggars were miraculously "cured" of their fake ailments when they returned home to this 17th century Paris slum each night.
48.8680, 2.3483
New York, New York
Hidden Wall of 1976 Graffiti
A partially hidden wall graffitied by spectators of the 1976 Bicentennial, recently rediscovered.
40.7023, -74.0105
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Rocky Statue
Yo, Adrian!
39.9650, -75.1792
London, England
Twinings Tea Shop
A 300-year-old tea shop that brought tea to the English people, not to mention the Queen herself.
51.5133, -0.1128
Brooklyn, New York
Green-Wood Cemetery
A Victorian cemetery in the heart of Brooklyn remains a popular mecca of morbid curiosity.
40.6590, -73.9956
New York, New York
The Elevated Acre
Amid the bustle and noise of the Financial District hides a secluded garden oasis above the city streets.
40.7032, -74.0094
Brussels, Belgium
Commemoration of Peter the Great's Vomit
When you're a great Russian Tsar, even your vomit gets a statue.
50.8431, 4.3638
New York, New York
Grand Central Ceiling Dark Patch
A dark patch of the ceiling at Grand Central Terminal which was not restored is still stained brown by tobacco.
40.7528, -73.9772
Virginia Beach, Virginia
Mount Trashmore
Scenic mount trashmore, Virginia Beach's most curious waterfront still has a couple of secrets.
36.8303, -76.1270
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