Brooklyn, New York
Floyd Bennett Field
The home of aviation trailblazers, in a remote corner of the big city.
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Places this traveler has marked as been there.
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Queens, New York
Neponsit Health Care Center
This Queens hospital has stood abandoned for almost 20 years after its patients were secretly relocated in the dead of night.
Brooklyn, New York
Coney Art Walls
This outdoor gallery of graffiti-covered walls pays homage to the past, present, and possible future of street art.
Brooklyn, New York
Deno's Wonder Wheel
One of the most enjoyable bits of history at Coney Island and “the most romantic ride in the world.”
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Deep River, Connecticut
The Grave of XYZ
The mysterious headstone of an unidentified bank robber was seen visited, every year, by a woman in black.
East Haddam, Connecticut
Moodus Noises
The Connecticut village named for its subterranean thunder.
East Lyme, Connecticut
Book Barn
With some 500,000 books across five buildings, this bookstore is a reader's paradise.
East Haddam, Connecticut
Gillette Castle State Park
Quirky castle designed by the American actor best known for portraying Sherlock Holmes on stage.
Austin, Minnesota
Spam Museum
Ever wanted to can Spam?
Wingdale, New York
Harlem Valley Psychiatric Center
An abandoned asylum once on the cutting edge of lobotomies may be reborn as a Christian college.
New York, New York
Toloache
Discover the taste of mold.
New York, New York
The General Worth Monument
This monument to a veteran of the Mexican-American War is one of only two in Manhattan that serve as an actual mausoleum.
New York, New York
The "Irving House"
Nope, not Washington Irving's house.
New York, New York
U Thant Island
The smallest island in Manhattan is a manmade landfill dominated by a Buddhist peace arch.
New York, New York
Marble Hill
Manhattan and the Bronx have been playing tug-of-war over this former island neighborhood for more than a century.
New York, New York
Paley Park
A small peaceful park and waterfall tucked amid the urban grind of Midtown Manhattan.
New York, New York
Giant Needle and Button
There must be a pun in this haystack somewhere...
New York, New York
41 Cooper Square
This exemplar of modernist architecture is meant to captivate and inspire students of the Cooper Union.
New York, New York
Jeffrey's Hook Light
Little Red Lighthouse under the George Washington Bridge.
New York, New York
One Times Square
This historic address is home to the beloved ball and is an almost totally empty building among the most expensive real estate in the world.
New York, New York
Marilyn Monroe’s Subway Grate
This unmarked and unloved Manhattan subway grate created one of the most iconic images in American cinema.
New York, New York
Grand Central Terminal Whispering Gallery
Whisper secrets in a busy station only to be heard on the other side of this acoustic arch.
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New York, New York
Oldest Manhole Cover
Walk over a 150 year old manhole.
New York, New York
The SeaGlass Carousel
Manhattan’s Battery Park has a whimsical carousel full of spinning, glowing fish.
