New York, New York
284 Broome Street
The competition: breathe deeply as long as you can.
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Places I've been
Places this traveler has marked as been there.
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Brooklyn, New York
Buzz-A-Rama
The last slot car racing arcade in Brooklyn is keeping the dream of speedy little autos alive.
Budapest, Hungary
‘Kiskirálylány’ (‘Little Princess’)
A diminutive statue that was inspired by the sculptor's own daughter.
Belas, Angola
Miradouro da Lua (Viewpoint of the Moon)
This striking otherworldly landscape outside Angola's capital city is the product of millions of years of erosion.
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New York, New York
Durian NYC
The best place in New York to pick up the controversial, notoriously foul-smelling Asian "king of fruits."
New York, New York
Physical Graffiti Building
The East Village tenement from the cover of Led Zeppelin’s 1975 album has a tea shop on the ground floor.
New York, New York
Bluestockings Bookstore
New York City's only radical feminist independent bookstore.
New York, New York
Angel Orensanz Foundation
The oldest surviving synagogue in New York City is now a soaring art space.
New York, New York
Lenin Statue at Red Square
Salute the leader of the proletariat.
New York, New York
Lower East Side Toy Company (The Back Room)
Become a prohibition rebel.
New York, New York
Shopsin's
Prove you deserve to be fed by Kenny Shopsin.
New York, New York
Daredevil Tattoo Museum
This iconic tattoo shop has its own onsite museum with artifacts from the early history of modern body art.
New York, New York
Cherry Street Gang Warfare
Gang fights don't just happen on the streets, they happen under them too.
New York, New York
The Sugar House Prison Window
An odd, ancient window that may have once been part of a brutal prison is embedded in the side of New York's Police Plaza.
New York, New York
Clock Tower Building
A historic 1890s architectural masterpiece with an iconic clock tower that, once open to the public, now faces an uncertain future.
New York, New York
Tunnel Number 3
Deep under Manhattan is the largest construction project in city history. So far, the project has taken the lives of 23 workers, or "a man a mile."
New York, New York
African Burial Ground National Monument
This memorial honors thousands of enslaved Africans and their descendants who died in colonial New York.
New York, New York
Mmuseumm
A tiny museum housed in a New York freight elevator specializes in the "overlooked, dismissed, or ignored."
Mainz, Germany
Mainzelmännchen Traffic Lights
While you wait to cross the street at a traffic light in Mainz, you might notice that the light is staring back at you.
Toronto, Ontario
Berczy Park Dog Fountain
This whimsical fountain pays tribute to Toronto's four-legged friends.
Toronto, Ontario
Gooderham Building
Known as "Toronto's Flatiron."
New York, New York
Abandoned 18th Street Subway Station
This abandoned subway station can still be seen on regular commuter trips.
New York, New York
Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace Museum
The rough and tumble president's childhood home displays the shirt he was once shot in and the speech that saved him.
New York, New York
14th Street-Union Square Moving Platforms
The only subway station in the city that still makes use of gap fillers.
