New York, New York
C. O. Bigelow Apothecary
The oldest operating apothecary in the US has treated everyone from Thomas Edison to Mark Twain.
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Places I've been
Places this traveler has marked as been there.
New York, New York
Bellevue Hospital
The name of this famed hospital was once a byword for the horrors of medical and psychiatric care.
New York, New York
Unicorn Tapestries at the Cloisters
Mysterious 500-year-old tapestries depict a unicorn hunt.
New York, New York
Roosevelt Island Tramway
One of only two commuter aerial tramways in the United States.
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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
The New York Earth Room
A room in New York City that contains 250 cubic yards of dirt.
New York, New York
Times Square Hum
A pedestrian island in the middle of world-famous Times Square emits a strange (and purposeful) humming noise.
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The Elevated Acre
Amid the bustle and noise of the Financial District hides a secluded garden oasis above the city streets.
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Museum of Sex
A semi-scholarly approach to sex.
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Grand Central Terminal Whispering Gallery
Whisper secrets in a busy station only to be heard on the other side of this acoustic arch.
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Greenacre Park
Read a book next to a Midtown waterfall.
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New York's Hidden Tropical Forest
A miniature rainforest is growing inside of a Midtown Manhattan office building.
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The High Line
Elevated freight railway turned wildly successful urban park.
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Please Don't Tell
Dodge prohibitionists and slide through the telephone booth in Crif Dogs.
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5 Beekman Street
This beautiful building in the heart of Manhattan's Financial District was empty for decades.
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Roosevelt Island Smallpox Hospital Ruins
A crumbling hospital from the 1850s on Roosevelt Island.
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
Dream House
La Monte Young and Marian Zazeela's "Dream House" will immerse you in an ever changing world of sound and light.
New York, New York
Old City Hall Station
The very first subway station in New York City is beautiful, decked out in chandeliers, and ... abandoned?
Mexico City, Mexico
Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo House-Studio Museum
The famous artist couple lived and worked here, in two different houses connected by a bridge.
Mexico City, Mexico
Chapultepec Castle
The only castle in North America to ever house European sovereigns.
Mexico City, Mexico
Soumaya Museum
66,000 pieces of art, donated by one of the world's richest men.
Mexico City, Mexico
Cafebrería El Péndulo
Part bookstore, part café, and part forest.
Mexico City, Mexico
La Casa Azul
Frida Kahlo's childhood home, now a museum of her life and works.
