New York, New York
The Daily News Building Globe
Spinning silently in the lobby of an Art Deco masterwork is a massive vintage model of the Earth.
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Places on this traveler's wishlist.
New York, New York
Spinning silently in the lobby of an Art Deco masterwork is a massive vintage model of the Earth.
Brooklyn, New York
This collection of grinning ephemera has grown from basement to Brooklyn.
Richmond, Virginia
The final resting place of two (or three) presidents, one vampire, and 18,000 Confederate soldiers.
Benson, Arizona
What is the Thing?
Minneapolis, Minnesota
20,000 pieces in a Frank Gehry-designed building.
Baltimore, Maryland
A hidden alley in urban Baltimore is a haven for graffiti artists.
Concord, Massachusetts
This small section of the Sleepy Hollow Cemetery is rotten with famous authors' graves.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
This Old Testament garden features 100 plants from biblical times.
Chicago, Illinois
These abandoned grain silos and tunnels are an urban exploration dream.
New York, New York
Deep under Manhattan is the largest construction project in city history. So far, the project has taken the lives of 23 workers, or "a man a mile."
East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania
The remains of a community that was forced to move for a dam that never materialized still rot in this Pennsylvania park.
Staten Island, New York
Once America's longest-manned military fort, now an abandoned hulk.
Houston, Texas
A private collection of massive steel monsters guarding a Texas pipe works.
Bronx, New York
The end of the 4 Line is also the end of the line for 300,000 souls in one of NYC's most illustrious cemeteries.
San Antonio, Texas
A gorgeous garden oasis with winding paths, stone bridges, and a troubling history.
Winthrop, Washington
Hundreds of hopeful gold miners came here to get rich, but only two years later the small town was deserted.
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
An immersive art experience built by local arts collaborative, Factory Obscura, in the building formerly known as The Womb, a psychedelic arts center founded by the frontman of the Flaming Lips.
Tucson, Arizona
Miniature art that tells an enormous story.
Piercy, California
An optical illusion found amid a logged redwood forest.
Bisbee, Arizona
Collection of vintage trailers double as hotel rooms.
Byron, California
A ruined hotel with an unlucky history and an eerie present.
Freeport, Maine
This tiny patch of arid sand sits in one of the greenest states in the United States.
Tombstone, Arizona
The world's largest rose bush has literally outgrown the pioneer museum it was planted behind.
Cedar Creek, Texas
The world's largest squirrel statue clutches a pecan bigger than your head.