New York, New York
6 1/2 Avenue: Manhattan’s Secret Street
Tucked away amidst some of the most famous addresses in the world is New York’s only fraction of a street.
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Places I've been
Places this traveler has marked as been there.
New York, New York
Roosevelt Island Tramway
One of only two commuter aerial tramways in the United States.
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The Daily News Building Globe
Spinning silently in the lobby of an Art Deco masterwork is a massive vintage model of the Earth.
Permanently Closed
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Obscura Antiques and Oddities
Tucked in the back of this amazing antique store is an important piece of medical history.
New York, New York
Slocum Memorial Fountain
Monument to a forgotten NYC disaster that claimed the lives of 1,000.
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Museum of Reclaimed Urban Space
A living archive of urban activism and space reclaimed.
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C-Squat
A notorious punk house turned co-op.
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La Plaza Cultural
This former crime corner has been turned into an eclectic community center.
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41 Cooper Square
This exemplar of modernist architecture is meant to captivate and inspire students of the Cooper Union.
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Lenin Statue at Red Square
Salute the leader of the proletariat.
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Union Square Metronome
The most confusing clock in New York.
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Relics of the IRT 14th Street-Union Square Subway Local Platform
Red frames showcase remnants of one of New York's original subway stations.
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Sidewalk Subway Map
Plot your trip through the city on the sidewalk.
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Chinatown's Bloody Angle
Avoid gangster interaction while window-shopping.
Permanently Closed
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The Evolution Store
A terrific purveyor of natural history objects and curios.
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Chinatown Ice Cream Factory
Order scoops of pandan, lychee, and black sesame at this family-run institution.
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Wall Street Bombing Scars
Unrepaired walls from a 1920 anarchist bomb attack.
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Old City Hall Station
The very first subway station in New York City is beautiful, decked out in chandeliers, and ... abandoned?
San Francisco, California
Alcatraz Island
In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.
Sausalito, California
Marin Headlands
Concrete strongholds stand guard over the Golden Gate.
Permanently Closed
Sausalito, California
Gates Co-op Houseboat Community
A living time capsule of the 1960s Richardson Bay water-front.
Sausalito, California
The Bay Model
A working model of the entire San Francisco Bay and much of the Sacramento River Delta, complete with regular tides that change every 14 minutes.
San Francisco, California
The Stern of the Brigantine Galilee
Once the fastest ship from San Francisco to Tahiti, the Galilee now lays in pieces in three different cities.
San Francisco, California
Spreckels Temple of Music
An elaborate gift from Claus Spreckels is now a piece of San Francisco history.
