Mexico City, Mexico
La Casa Azul
Frida Kahlo's childhood home, now a museum of her life and works.
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Places I've been
Places this traveler has marked as been there.
Athens, Greece
Old Madrasa of Athens
The ruined doorway is a portal to the building's turbulent and torturous past.
New York, New York
Burger Joint
Slyly buy a shake in the Parker Meridien lobby.
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
Campbell Apartment
A very classy 1920s-era bar right in Grand Central Station.
New York, New York
Nikola Tesla Street Corner
Commemorating the spot where the famous scientist fed his pigeons.
New York, New York
Giant Needle and Button
There must be a pun in this haystack somewhere...
New York, New York
The High Line
Elevated freight railway turned wildly successful urban park.
New York, New York
'Life Underground' Sculptures
An artist's cute bronze subway sculptures belie his violent artistic past.
Permanently Closed
New York, New York
James Farley Post Office Museum
A grand New York post office that is home to mailman Santas, scraps of postal history, and a pneumatic mail system.
New York, New York
The Lightship Frying Pan
Rummage through this sunken ship, but leave your scuba gear at home.
New York, New York
Union Square Metronome
The most confusing clock in New York.
Jersey City, New Jersey
The Colgate Clock
On the Hudson resides one of the largest clocks in the world.
New York, New York
Please Don't Tell
Dodge prohibitionists and slide through the telephone booth in Crif Dogs.
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.
Permanently Closed
New York, New York
Billy's Antiques and Props
A veritable variety of odds and ends.
New York, New York
Toloache
Discover the taste of mold.
New York, New York
Trinity Churchyard
This cemetery has graves dating back to the 17th century, including the city's oldest carved tombstone and an ominous cryptogram.
New York, New York
77 Water Street
A WWI fighter plane and turn-of-the-century penny candy shop are among the unexpected features of this Financial District building.
New York, New York
Chinatown's Bloody Angle
Avoid gangster interaction while window-shopping.
