Brooklyn, New York
McGovern Weir Greenhouse
One of only two remaining Victorian-era greenhouses in New York.
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Places I've been
Places this traveler has marked as been there.
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.
Queens, New York
Fort Tilden
This abandoned seaside fortress is now simply an imposing ruin being taken back by nature.
New York, New York
Keen's Steakhouse
Everyone from Mark Twain to Teddy Roosevelt has a pipe hanging from the walls of this historic chophouse.
New York, New York
Irish Hunger Memorial
Blighted Irish field and the ruins of a 19th-century cottage on the edge of urban Manhattan.
New York, New York
President Ulysses S. Grant's Tomb
Visit the monolithic tomb of America's most famous general.
New York, New York
Governors Island
Lie in a hammock where George Washington stood.
New York, New York
Chinatown's Bloody Angle
Avoid gangster interaction while window-shopping.
Brooklyn, New York
The Carousel in Prospect Park
You can still ride this 100-year-old work of art in Brooklyn's largest public park.
Brooklyn, New York
Green-Wood Cemetery
A Victorian cemetery in the heart of Brooklyn remains a popular mecca of morbid curiosity.
New York, New York
Barthman's Sidewalk Clock
A clock set into the concrete outside a Manhattan jeweler has been telling time underfoot for over a century.
Brooklyn, New York
Brooklyn Townhouse Secret Subway Exit
This innocent-looking townhome is actually a subway exit.
Staten Island, New York
Remains of Fort Wadsworth
Once America's longest-manned military fort, now an abandoned hulk.
Bronx, New York
Woodlawn Cemetery
The end of the 4 Line is also the end of the line for 300,000 souls in one of NYC's most illustrious cemeteries.
New York, New York
Macy's Wooden Escalators
A bit of retro transportation flair preserved in the world's largest department store.
New York, New York
Fraunces Tavern
This Wall Street bar was once a hub of revolutionary activity where Washington famously bid farewell to his troops.
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.”
New York, New York
The White Horse Tavern
Great place to have a drink and a bite to eat in an atmosphere laden with New York's Bohemian past.
New York, New York
The Woolworth Building
Once the tallest building in the world and the site of “the highest dinner ever held in New York” this building now holds the most expensive penthouse in the city.
New York, New York
Fearless Girl Statue
Wall Street has a new heroine, a bronze statue of a small but fierce girl.
New York, New York
High Bridge
The oldest surviving bridge in New York City, which reopened to pedestrians in 2015.
New York, New York
Hess Triangle
New York City's smallest piece of private property.
New York, New York
Campbell Apartment
A very classy 1920s-era bar right in Grand Central Station.
Brooklyn, New York
New York Transit Museum
Ride the subways of yesteryear.
