New York, New York
Cathedral Peacock Hutch
A Gothic-style abode built to accommodate the church's three resident peacocks.
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Places I've been
Places this traveler has marked as been there.
Calverton, New York
F-14 Grumman Memorial Park
A tribute to the hard-working men and women of Grumman, who crafted F-14 fighter jets.
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
Tom's Restaurant
The "Seinfeld" diner.
Brooklyn, New York
St. Anthony
Church featuring "high Victorian gothic" architecture.
Brooklyn, New York
Greenpoint Manufacturing and Design Center
Enormous one time fiber mill now houses local artists and small businesses.
Brooklyn, New York
Manhattan Avenue Street End Park
Once a dumping spot, now a park with a kayak launch.
Brooklyn, New York
North Brooklyn Boat Club
A group dedicated to promoting boating, kayaking and environmental education programs.
Queens, New York
Pulaski Bridge
A drawbridge named for a potentially intersex Polish national who fought alongside George Washington during the American Revolution, and an example of "Pulaski Red".
New York, New York
Gimbel's Bridge
A three-story copper skybridge connects two Manhattan buildings with Art Deco luxury.
New York, New York
REACH: New York
Hidden in plain sight on a pair of Manhattan subway tunnels are a pair of public instruments that sing to each other.
New York, New York
New York Herald Monument
There are owls with glowing eyes in Herald Square.
Bronx, New York
Hall of Fame for Great Americans
The first "Hall of Fame" in America was designed by legendary Gilded Age architect Stanford White for what was then the NYU uptown campus.
New York, New York
Roosevelt Island Cat Sanctuary
The feral felines of Roosevelt Island have a small army of allies and an abandoned hospital all to themselves.
Stockbridge, Massachusetts
Chesterwood
Take a step inside the picturesque studio of America’s most renowned sculptor.
Adams, Massachusetts
Mount Greylock
Inspiring Herman Melville and Henry David Thoreau, Mount Greylock in western Massachusetts is the highest point in the state at 3,491 feet above sea level.
New York, New York
West Terrace at the Cloisters
This hidden oasis features a stunning view of the Hudson River and the Palisades from a castle-like museum.
New York, New York
Jeffrey's Hook Light
Little Red Lighthouse under the George Washington Bridge.
New York, New York
The Sisyphus Stones
Hordes of precariously balanced stone figures crowd the shores of the Hudson River.
New York, New York
High Bridge
The oldest surviving bridge in New York City, which reopened to pedestrians in 2015.
Bronx, New York
Concrete Plant Park
A riverfront park that both remediated and preserved its industrial past.
Bronx, New York
West 230th Step Street
The longest step street in the city.
Bronx, New York
Edgar Allan Poe Cottage
The famous author's cottage hideaway.
Bronx, New York
William Spain Seismic Observatory
An unassuming stone building houses New York City's oldest seismic station almost 30 feet below the Bronx.
