New York, New York
The Shrine of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton
The home of the first American-born saint is one of the only curved buildings in New York.
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Places I've been
Places this traveler has marked as been there.
New York, New York
The American Merchant Mariner's Memorial
Twice a day one of these tragic bronze mariners drowns with the tide to remember all those the sea has taken.
Howes Cave, New York
Howe Caverns
Why have you never heard of the second most popular tourist site in New York?
San Francisco, California
Prelinger Library
Appropriation-friendly collection of books, periodicals, and more.
San Francisco, California
Palace of Fine Arts
The last remaining relic of San Francisco's glittering 1915 Panama Pacific Exposition.
San Francisco, California
Musée Mécanique
A collection of 20th-century automata, penny arcade games, and musical contraptions.
Carlsbad, New Mexico
Carlsbad Caverns
The second-largest cave chamber in the world was discovered in 1898 by a 16-year-old and a friend known as "Pothead."
Mammoth Cave, Kentucky
Mammoth Cave
The world's longest known cave system.
New York, New York
High Bridge
The oldest surviving bridge in New York City, which reopened to pedestrians in 2015.
Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming
Grand Prismatic Spring
The largest hot spring in the United States is, as the name suggests, a stunning show of natural color.
Alamogordo, New Mexico
White Sands National Park
Explore the largest pure gypsum deposit in the world, and go dune sledding while you're at it.
Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming
Morning Glory Pool
A beautiful geyser under environmental threat.
Beacon, New York
Bannerman's Castle
Collapsing castle on the Hudson river was once the storage site of military surplus business.
Inyo County, California
Sailing Stones of Racetrack Playa
The rocks in this arid basin leave trails of movement behind them.
San Francisco, California
Alcatraz Island
In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.
New York, New York
Please Don't Tell
Dodge prohibitionists and slide through the telephone booth in Crif Dogs.
Page, Arizona
Antelope Canyon
Most-visited and most-photographed slot canyon in the American Southwest.
Bristol, Connecticut
New England Carousel Museum
A parade of antique steeds offers a quirky ride through history.
Bristol, Connecticut
American Clock and Watch Museum
Thousands of American timepieces on display in the former clock-making capital of the country.
Washington, Connecticut
Jason's Haunts
New Preston and Kent, Connecticut - where Friday the 13th, Part 2 was filmed.
Yarmouth, Massachusetts
The Edward Gorey House
Eclectic collections, artwork, and some feline friends fill the writer's former home.
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
Long Lines Building
An uber-secure, windowless tower of doom in the center of Manhattan is an NSA spyscraper.
New York, New York
The Standard Oil Building
This curved Manhattan building was built to house the opulence of John D. Rockefeller's oil empire.
