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Brooklyn, New York
Cacao Prieto
Come for the sustainable organic chocolate, stay for the sustainable organic booze.
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Places I've been
Places this traveler has marked as been there.
New York, New York
Chinatown's Bloody Angle
Avoid gangster interaction while window-shopping.
Big Sur, California
The Henry Miller Memorial Library
It's not your typical library, memorial, or book store.
Chicago, Illinois
Beer Baron Row
These mansions date back to Chicago's days as a brewer's paradise.
Chicago, Illinois
Wicker Park
Once called the "Polish Gold Coast" it is an icon of the neighborhood that bears its same name.
Chicago, Illinois
The DNA Discovery Center
At Chicago's revered Field Museum, visitors are invited to learn about and literally explore DNA.
Ottawa, Ontario
Ottawa Jail Hostel
This inexpensive lodging house was once a prison notorious for its inhumane practices.
Montreal, Québec
Le Stade Olympique
A massive Montreal stadium that has seen nothing but trouble since its inception.
Montreal, Québec
Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours Chapel (The Sailors' Church)
Small ship votives hang from the vaulted ceiling of this port-side church with a Latin inscription on the wall.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Mummers Museum
A museum dedicated to the strange and extravagant costumes and memorabilia of the mummers, a tradition older than Philadelphia itself.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Mütter Museum
America's most famous museum of medical oddities is home to the remains of Albert Einstein's brain.
Bridgeport, Connecticut
P.T. Barnum Museum
A museum designed by and dedicated to P.T. Barnum in the town where he is buried.
Bronx, New York
Woodlawn Cemetery
The end of the 4 Line is also the end of the line for 300,000 souls in one of NYC's most illustrious cemeteries.
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Staten Island, New York
Mount Loretto Beach Rock Garden
Eccentric stone cairns built on a public New York City beach.
New York, New York
Unicorn Tapestries at the Cloisters
Mysterious 500-year-old tapestries depict a unicorn hunt.
New York, New York
President Ulysses S. Grant's Tomb
Visit the monolithic tomb of America's most famous general.
New York, New York
Crabs of Cleopatra’s Needle
Curious crustaceans support an obelisk from ancient Egypt that now stands in modern-day Central Park.
New York, New York
Strawberry Fields Memorial
This mosaic dedicated to John Lennon was tended for years by a Beatles super-fan.
Queens, New York
The Noguchi Museum
A self-made museum in Queens, New York continues to display the work of a sculptor known for paving his own way.
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.
Brooklyn, New York
Brooklyn Ice Cream Factory
The factory for the popular Dumbo location, the Greenpoint shop is a quiet gem.
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
Old City Hall Station
The very first subway station in New York City is beautiful, decked out in chandeliers, and ... abandoned?
