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Dallas, Texas
Public School 972
A school-themed restaurant where gastronomy is the core curriculum.
Places emily5pitts Wants to Go
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Places I want to go
Places on this traveler's wishlist.
Denton, Texas
Goatman's Bridge
A registered historic landmark shrouded in unsettling local legends.
Fort Worth, Texas
Cowgirl Hall of Fame
A Texas museum filled with Broncos and Betties.
Fort Worth, Texas
The Palace Light Bulb
The world's second-longest burning light bulb.
Grapevine, Texas
Parr Park Rock Trail
In Parr Park, thousands of painted rocks line this walking trail.
Iceland
Keldur Hall
The oldest hall in Iceland was written of in the Sagas and features a centuries-old escape tunnel.
Brooklyn, New York
The Brooklyn Visitation Monastery
A working monastery hidden away in Brooklyn once abutted the location of a former inebriate's home.
New York, New York
Saint Vartan Armenian Cathedral
A replica of a 7th-century church hides in plain sight in the middle of the concrete jungle.
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New York, New York
St. Luke's Place Coal Hole Covers
These ornate manhole covers were used for a now-forgotten purpose.
New York, New York
Venetian Room
This lavish room in a New York City mansion is a rare relic from the end of the Gilded Age.
New York, New York
The Wendel House
The former home of the reclusive "Weird Wendels" who dominated New York real estate a century before Donald Trump.
New York, New York
Patent Pending
Nikola Tesla's former home contains an homage hidden from plain sight.
New York, New York
The Jane Hotel
This historic building housed the surviving crew members of the Titanic, who were left destitute after the wreck.
New York, New York
Modern Love Club
This narrow shop in the East Village hosts a matchmaking service for the new millennium.
New York, New York
New York City Fire Museum
A museum collection honoring the long history of the FDNY is held in a disused Manhattan fire house.
New York, New York
The Little Church Around the Corner
This Fifth Avenue church has long been the favored worshiping place of Broadway actors and vaudeville performers.
Brooklyn, New York
McGovern Weir Greenhouse
One of only two remaining Victorian-era greenhouses in New York.
New York, New York
Septuagesimo Uno
The name of this tiny pocket park tucked between two buildings on Manhattan's Upper West Side is Latin for its location: "seventy-one."
New York, New York
Paley Park
A small peaceful park and waterfall tucked amid the urban grind of Midtown Manhattan.
Brooklyn, New York
Brooklyn Botanic Garden
Sniff the Titan Arum's rotting flesh.
New York, New York
Radio City Music Hall's Secret Apartment
Built as a gift to the hottest tastemaker of the time, these hidden quarters remain an Art Deco showpiece.
New York, New York
Hallett Nature Sanctuary
Long the exclusive domain of birds and vagabonds, this little-known Central Park peninsula is open to the public once more.
New York, New York
Crabs of Cleopatra’s Needle
Curious crustaceans support an obelisk from ancient Egypt that now stands in modern-day Central Park.
New York, New York
Frick Bowling Alley
Bowl in splendor, if you're lucky.
