Brooklyn, New York
Floyd Bennett Field
The home of aviation trailblazers, in a remote corner of the big city.
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Places I want to go
Places on this traveler's wishlist.
New York, New York
The Jane Hotel
This historic building housed the surviving crew members of the Titanic, who were left destitute after the wreck.
New York, New York
Poster House Museum
The first museum in the United States dedicated entirely to posters.
New York, New York
The Secret Entrance to the Knickerbocker Hotel
An unassuming secret door once led to a legendary watering hole.
New York, New York
Giant Needle and Button
There must be a pun in this haystack somewhere...
New York, New York
Dvořák Room
A small piece of the composer's New York home lives on in the center of Czech culture in Manhattan.
New York, New York
Lexington Candy Shop
The oldest family-run luncheonette in New York, last renovated in 1948, still serves food and drinks the old-fashioned way.
New York, New York
The Cartoon Wall at Overlook
In the back of a nondescript sports bar is a museum-worthy mural by legendary cartoonists.
New York, New York
The Burns Archive
A staggering collection of photographs depicting medical, social, and historical change.
New York, New York
Chester A. Arthur Inauguration and Death House
The only remaining building in New York to see the inauguration of a president is being slowly overtaken by a grocery store.
New York, New York
Antonín Dvořák's Home
The place where Dvořák composed some of his most famous works.
New York, New York
Tammany Hall
The notorious headquarters of a corrupt political machine.
New York, New York
Marie's Crisis
Those belting out show tunes in this West Village piano bar might not realize it marks the site where Thomas Paine died in 1809.
New York, New York
Hess Triangle
New York City's smallest piece of private property.
New York, New York
Electric Lady Studios
Jimi Hendrix's legendary recording studio in Greenwich Village.
New York, New York
Ear Inn
One of the city’s oldest watering holes was originally the home of a famous James Brown (not that one).
New York, New York
Skyscraper Museum
An institution dedicated to the towering buildings that make up skylines in New York City and around the world.
New York, New York
Fraunces Tavern
This Wall Street bar was once a hub of revolutionary activity where Washington famously bid farewell to his troops.
New York, New York
Model Ship Collection at the South Street Seaport Museum
Set sail on a small scale.
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.
Auburn, New York
Fort Hill Cemetery
The final resting place of Harriet Tubman and other famous historical figures.
Manchester, New Hampshire
Richard McDonald's Niche
This humble resting place belongs to one of history's most celebrated restaurateurs.
Warren, New Hampshire
Redstone Missile
Maybe the only missile installed in a public park, this Cold War leftover was one of the first to carry a nuclear warhead.
Portsmouth, New Hampshire
Museum of Dumb Guy Stuff
This small museum is an eccentric shrine to boyhood in the 1960s.
