Brooklyn, New York
Barkaloo Cemetery
Brooklyn's Barkaloo Cemetery is the resting place of a scant two bodies.
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Places I want to go
Places on this traveler's wishlist.
Brooklyn, New York
Monk Parakeets of Brooklyn College
Con Edison’s exotic and heat-loving pests.
Brooklyn, New York
Do the Right Thing Way
Spike Lee's provocative film is officially honored right where it was made, the first time a work of art was used as a secondary street name.
New York, New York
Trinity Church Cemetery & Mausoleum
You must take the A train... to the last active cemetery in Manhattan.
Brooklyn, New York
Martense Lane Rock
This seemingly unremarkable boulder is said to bear the hoofprint of the devil himself.
New York, New York
Hispanic Society Museum and Library
This Manhattan museum houses one of the largest collections of Spanish art and manuscripts outside of Spain.
New York, New York
First Shearith Israel Graveyard
Revolutionary War casualties fill the only 17th century structure remaining in Manhattan.
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.
Queens, New York
Geographic Center of New York City
This mysterious marker puzzles pedestrians and infuriates geographers.
Bronx, New York
Bronx Zoo 'Fountain of Youth'
Hidden inside one of the world's most well-visited zoos is a secret plaque promising eternal life.
New York, New York
New York Herald Monument
There are owls with glowing eyes in Herald Square.
Queens, New York
'The Ramp'
Where the four original members of the Ramones hung out and revolutionized punk rock.
Brooklyn, New York
Spritz Cookie Gravestone
This recipe is set in stone.
New York, New York
The Webster Apartments
This New York holdover was built to provide housing for shopgirls and still does not allow men above the lobby.
Queens, New York
Materials for the Arts
A New York warehouse filled with an enormous amount of goods saved from the landfills and donated for creative use.
New York, New York
The Ziegfeld Head
The front yard of an Upper East Side town house hides the last fragment of one of New York's most famous theatres.
New York, New York
Delmonico's Pompeii Columns
Possible relics of the ancient Roman city are hidden in this restaurant's façade.
Brooklyn, New York
Van Brunt Stillhouse
Micro-distillery in Brooklyn produces New York’s first homemade rum since Prohibition.
Brooklyn, New York
Captain America Statue
A one-ton statue of Steve Rogers beautifies the entry to a Brooklyn Bed, Bath & Beyond.
New York, New York
Cole Porter's Piano
A famous songsmith's custom piano, dubbed "High Society," is hidden just out of sight in one of New York's finest hotels.
New York, New York
U.N. Delegates Dining Room
You don't have to be an ambassador to dine like one.
Brooklyn, New York
Coney Island Mermaid Parade
The famed amusement district marks the beginning of summer with a wild procession of nautical creatures.
New York, New York
Graybar Rats
Rat sculptures try to infiltrate the Graybar Building in an architectural tribute to New York City's nautical history.
Queens, New York
Neustadt Collection of Tiffany Glass
The world’s largest collection of Tiffany glass sits in a warehouse in Queens.
