Places Edited by Kris

Its collection details the experiences of the largest Japanese community outside Japan.

What was meant as an innocent piece of art has earned a reputation as the "mansplaining sculpture."

A simple plaque on the facade is the only reminder that the treaty ending the American Revolution was signed inside.

Six times a day a train runs right through the middle of this Thai street market, sending vendors scrambling.

The original toys that inspired the beloved children's stories are on display at the New York Public Library.

The only sea in the world that has no land boundary.

Beautiful mosaics cover the first stations opened on New York City's newest subway line.

The gravestone of the suffragist leader attracted extra visitors during the 2016 election.

A legendary speakeasy bookstore returns from the brink.

The only remaining building in New York to see the inauguration of a president is being slowly overtaken by a grocery store.

A crumbling staircase in upper Manhattan is all that remains of one of the most important sites in sports history.

While it now takes more than a dime to open an account this historic Brooklyn bank still displays the opulence of the gilded age in which it was built.

This once-grand marvel of engineering is now 41 miles of scenic hiking trail.

This abandoned seaside fortress is now simply an imposing ruin being taken back by nature.

A former seaside jewel built for the everyman is now simply a neglected art deco fortress.

The innovative Nigerian floating school that may just be a glimpse into the future of design in a world of troubling climate changes.

The tiniest little stage in New York.

One of only two remaining Victorian-era greenhouses in New York.

A popular European tradition makes its way to the states on one of America's most famous bridges.

A massive art collective tries a new take on Brooklyn's DIY music scene—by making it fully legal.

Small monoliths of several varieties of stone sit alongside a wooded path in the Bronx.

A miscalculation turns a very shallow freshwater lake into a very deep saltwater lake.

The palatial McDonald's that inspired Wesley Willis.

The loneliest island in New York.