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.
Places I've been
Places this traveler has marked as been there.
Hoboken, New Jersey
A bronze plaque at an intersection in Hoboken marks the place where the game of baseball first took shape.
London, England
A hidden treasure in London with a rich medieval history, and the resting place of many luminaries.
New York, New York
The former home of the reclusive "Weird Wendels" who dominated New York real estate a century before Donald Trump.
New York, New York
A bit of retro transportation flair preserved in the world's largest department store.
London, England
The remains of an ancient Roman teenager are memorialized at the base of a modern London landmark.
Paris, France
The macabre collection of Jacques Sirgent, an expert scholar on the undead and all of their trappings.
New York, New York
A small peaceful park and waterfall tucked amid the urban grind of Midtown Manhattan.
Paris, France
Former hunting lodge of a duke who was an avid collector of impressionist works.
Brooklyn, New York
This recently uncovered ad for Lindsay's run at Mayor in 1965 had been hiding for decades underneath a billboard.
Paris, France
A horde of stray cats rule in this secluded Parisian cemetery under a bridge.
Paris, France
Beggars were miraculously "cured" of their fake ailments when they returned home to this 17th century Paris slum each night.
New York, New York
A partially hidden wall graffitied by spectators of the 1976 Bicentennial, recently rediscovered.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Yo, Adrian!
London, England
A 300-year-old tea shop that brought tea to the English people, not to mention the Queen herself.
Brooklyn, New York
A Victorian cemetery in the heart of Brooklyn remains a popular mecca of morbid curiosity.
New York, New York
Amid the bustle and noise of the Financial District hides a secluded garden oasis above the city streets.
Brussels, Belgium
When you're a great Russian Tsar, even your vomit gets a statue.
New York, New York
A dark patch of the ceiling at Grand Central Terminal which was not restored is still stained brown by tobacco.
Virginia Beach, Virginia
Scenic mount trashmore, Virginia Beach's most curious waterfront still has a couple of secrets.
Richmond, Virginia
This museum devoted to the gothic author holds such interesting ephemera as his socks and walking stick.
Boston, Massachusetts
A morbid secret lies hidden within the beautiful walls of the Boston Athenaeum.
New York, New York
A terrific purveyor of natural history objects and curios.
Paris, France
The vast, legendary catacombs hold secrets much stranger than stacked bones.
Lo-Reninge, Belgium
A taxus-tree to which Julius Caesar reputedly tied his horse.