Dublin, Ireland
Rory Gallagher Corner
A guitar mounted on a wall in Temple Bar honors the Irish musician.
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Places I've been
Places this traveler has marked as been there.
New York, New York
Tom's Restaurant
The "Seinfeld" diner.
Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
Hoover-Mason Trestle
The internal railway of one of the biggest steel plants in America has been transformed into a linear park with unique industrial views.
Canterbury, England
Crooked House
This skewed English house has looked like it's going to fall over for centuries.
New York, New York
Mysterious Bookshop
The world’s oldest and biggest bookstore stocking only mystery, crime fiction, espionage, and thrillers.
New York, New York
Campbell Apartment
A very classy 1920s-era bar right in Grand Central Station.
New York, New York
Grand Central Oyster Bar
This subterranean oyster house has been the pearl of Grand Central Station since 1913.
Permanently Closed
New York, New York
Site of the Pan Am Helipad
This Manhattan skyscraper is a reminder of the brief but glorious age of urban air taxis.
New York, New York
The Wishbones of McSorley's Old Ale House
Touching mementoes from those who didn't make it back from World War I still hang in one of New York's oldest bars.
New York, New York
Grand Central Ceiling Dark Patch
A dark patch of the ceiling at Grand Central Terminal which was not restored is still stained brown by tobacco.
Concord, Massachusetts
Old North Bridge
The phrase "the shot heard around the world" was coined after a skirmish at this bridge.
Rome, Italy
The Mouth of Truth
The yawning maw of this pagan visage is said to bite off the hands of liars.
New Hope, Pennsylvania
Van Sant Crybaby Bridge
A historic covered bridge is but one example of an oddly prevalent American urban legend.
New Hope, Pennsylvania
Bowman's Hill Tower
This stone tower marks a lookout point over the historic Washington Crossing, and maybe some buried treasure.
New Hope, Pennsylvania
Boomer
This strange, big-tailed beast became a Pennsylvania town's unofficial mascot.
Pompeii, Italy
Thermopolia of Pompeii
Ancient snack bar of the Roman Empire re-opened.
Pompeii, Italy
Plaster Citizens of Pompeii
The last moments of the ill-fated Pompeiians, frozen forever in plaster.
Rome, Italy
Borromini's Perspective Gallery of Palazzo Spada
This gallery commissioned by Cardinal Spada is known for its magnificent optical illusion.
Rome, Italy
Galleria Sciarra
This hidden Art Nouveau courtyard is an opulent feast for the eyes.
Rome, Italy
Santa Maria sopra Minerva Flood Markers
Plaques on its facade commemorate the Tiber's most destructive deluges.
Rome, Italy
Elephant and Obelisk
A detailed pachyderm supports Rome's smallest Egyptian obelisk.
Ocean Grove, New Jersey
The Great Auditorium
A wooden theatre that remains the heart of a charming Victorian-era New Jersey enclave.
Asbury Park, New Jersey
Paranormal Museum
A storefront museum in Asbury Park honoring the Jersey Shore’s deep history of mystery—including the Jersey Devil.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Edgar Allan Poe National Historic Site
Tour the dark and beloved poet's former cobwebbed basement, which may have inspired "The Black Cat."
