Hanoi, Vietnam
Bao tang Dong vat (Hanoi Zoological Museum)
A French-Colonial era collection of taxidermy and wet specimens, secreted away in the National University of Hanoi.
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Places I've been
Places this traveler has marked as been there.
Prague, Czechia
Hlava Franze Kafky (Franz Kafka's Head)
A bust of Franz Kafka spins in pieces, reflecting the writer's inner torment.
Paris, France
Montparnasse Cemetery
A Parisian cemetery where the elite and artistic are interred beneath an eccentric collection of tombs.
Brussels, Belgium
Birthplace of Audrey Hepburn
One of Hollywood's most iconic actresses was born in an upscale Brussels neighborhood in 1929.
Amsterdam, Netherlands
De Riekermolen
A beautifully rebuilt windmill from the 17th century, situated along the Amstel River.
Berlin, Germany
Prinzessinnengarten
Berliners converted a bombed-out, disused lot into a community-run urban farm with its own cafe and bar.
London, England
The Cockpit
A friendly pub with a sordid past in cock fighting.
Dublin, Ireland
'Meeting Place'
This statue celebrating everyday life in Dublin has a few unsavory nicknames.
Dublin, Ireland
National Leprechaun Museum
A museum that cashes in on its infamous little people while teaching you a thing or two about the Irish fey.
Fayetteville, West Virginia
New River Gorge Bridge
One day a year it is legal to jump off of this astoundingly tall bridge that spans an Appalachian gorge.
Lansing, West Virginia
Bridge Walk
In West Virginia, you can walk across the longest single-arch bridge in the Western Hemisphere.
Permanently Closed
Staunton, Virginia
Abandoned DeJarnette Sanitarium
A former mental hospital founded in the 1930s by a eugenicist who advocated for the forced sterilization of patients.
Seattle, Washington
Kurt Cobain's Benches
A sliver of nostalgia in Seattle's Viretta Park.
New York, New York
Clock Tower Building
A historic 1890s architectural masterpiece with an iconic clock tower that, once open to the public, now faces an uncertain future.
New York, New York
The 'Ghostbusters' Firehouse
Try not to get slimed in Tribeca.
New York, New York
Aretha Franklin Subway Tributes
A touching tribute to the "Queen of Soul."
New York, New York
Staple Street Skybridge
Imagine having a street run right through your home, or better yet, a historic bridge three stories high.
New York, New York
Long Lines Building
An uber-secure, windowless tower of doom in the center of Manhattan is an NSA spyscraper.
New York, New York
Old City Hall Station
The very first subway station in New York City is beautiful, decked out in chandeliers, and ... abandoned?
New York, New York
The Woolworth Building
Once the tallest building in the world and the site of “the highest dinner ever held in New York” this building now holds the most expensive penthouse in the city.
New York, New York
Preserved Remnants of 17th Century New York
Under a glass sidewalk lie the remains of some of Manhattan's oldest buildings.
New York, New York
Fearless Girl Statue
Wall Street has a new heroine, a bronze statue of a small but fierce girl.
New York, New York
Wall Street Bombing Scars
Unrepaired walls from a 1920 anarchist bomb attack.
New York, New York
The Double Check Businessman
This anonymous businessman sculpted in bronze became an enduring memorial after 9/11, and had been mistaken by rescue workers for a survivor in the rubble.
