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Brooklyn, New York
Silent Barn
A massive art collective tries a new take on Brooklyn's DIY music scene—by making it fully legal.
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Places I've been
Places this traveler has marked as been there.
New York, New York
President Ulysses S. Grant's Tomb
Visit the monolithic tomb of America's most famous general.
New York, New York
Shinran Statue
Hiroshima survivor on Riverside Drive.
New York, New York
The Peace Fountain at Cathedral of St. John the Divine
A curious fountain that has no water and includes Satan, a crab, and 9 giraffes.
New York, New York
Strawberry Fields Memorial
This mosaic dedicated to John Lennon was tended for years by a Beatles super-fan.
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
New York Herald Monument
There are owls with glowing eyes in Herald Square.
New York, New York
Giant Needle and Button
There must be a pun in this haystack somewhere...
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
Union Square Metronome
The most confusing clock in New York.
New York, New York
Relics of the IRT 14th Street-Union Square Subway Local Platform
Red frames showcase remnants of one of New York's original subway stations.
New York, New York
Jefferson Market Library
Named the fifth most beautiful building in America in 1885, this former courthouse boasts the best view in the Village.
New York, New York
'Life Underground' Sculptures
An artist's cute bronze subway sculptures belie his violent artistic past.
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New York, New York
Oldest Manhole Cover
Walk over a 150 year old manhole.
New York, New York
The New York Earth Room
A room in New York City that contains 250 cubic yards of dirt.
New York, New York
The 'Ghostbusters' Firehouse
Try not to get slimed in Tribeca.
New York, New York
Mmuseumm
A tiny museum housed in a New York freight elevator specializes in the "overlooked, dismissed, or ignored."
New York, New York
Irish Hunger Memorial
Blighted Irish field and the ruins of a 19th-century cottage on the edge of urban Manhattan.
