Shanghai, China
Oriental Pearl Tower
The once highest point in China blends symbolic design with a kick of adrenaline.
Places I've been
Places this traveler has marked as been there.
Shanghai, China
The once highest point in China blends symbolic design with a kick of adrenaline.
Jiuquan, China
A lush desert oasis in the shape of a narrow crescent.
Beijing, China
The most famous location in China was home to whole dynasties worth of imperial rulers.
Cape May, New Jersey
World War II bunker still standing on the New Jersey beach.
Milford, Pennsylvania
One of the U.S. Forest Service's only mansions is outfitted with a dinner table for floating food.
New York, New York
Elevated freight railway turned wildly successful urban park.
Dobbs Ferry, New York
This once-grand marvel of engineering is now 41 miles of scenic hiking trail.
Webster, Massachusetts
It's not a typo, now say it five times fast!
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Bouncing, delightful, mechanical art at the MIT Museum.
Waterbury, Vermont
The sweetest graveyard in the world is filled with headstones for dearly de-pinted ice cream flavors.
Woodstock, New York
A once grand hotel is being retaken by the wilderness it once capitalized on.
Hope, New Jersey
Local lore claims this park is named after a young woman who jumped off a cliff.
Chester, New Jersey
A historic grist mill and active sluice on the Black River.
Berkeley Heights, New Jersey
This tiny New Jersey village has lived many lives but seems determined to remain a ghost town.
Trenton, New Jersey
One of New Jersey's oldest surviving buildings still bears the mark of our former British overlords.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
A rare view of a preserved Victorian science museum.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Instruments, apparatus, and rare books all relating to chemistry and its related sciences.
Boonton Township, New Jersey
This massive boulder is either a unique rock formation created by glacial melt or a magic energy vortex.
Upper Black Eddy, Pennsylvania
Mysterious rocks that ring musically when struck.
New York, New York
The most confusing clock in New York.
New York, New York
A Pythagorean funhouse that tries, successfully, to prove that math is the coolest thing ever.
Morristown, New Jersey
A world-class collection of mechanical musical instruments and automata.
Chester Township, New Jersey
A farm in New Jersey grew a most unusual crop for AT&T's testing purposes.
Flemington, New Jersey
One of the world's largest model railroads is a mind-boggling achievement.