New York, New York
Second Cemetery of the Congregation Shearith Israel
New York's unstoppable progress turned this cemetery into the smallest burial ground in the city.
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Places I've been
Places this traveler has marked as been there.
New York, New York
The Weathermen Townhouse Explosion
A strangely angled West Village home is the only monument to an explosion that took the lives of three American revolutionaries.
Sausalito, California
Marin Headlands
Concrete strongholds stand guard over the Golden Gate.
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Belvedere Tiburon, California
Lava House
An abandoned, unfinished mansion on grounds strewn with lava rocks.
San Francisco, California
Long Now Orrery
A modern mechanical planetary system, part of a 10,000 year clock.
San Francisco, California
‘Wood Line’
Get lost in this haunting fairytale art walk through a man-made eucalyptus grove.
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San Francisco, California
Loved to Death
This shop specializes in oddities and Victorian-inspired wonders.
St. Augustine, Florida
The Fountain of Youth
A tribute to Ponce de Leon's supposed quest for eternal youth.
Washington, D.C.
Capitol Bollards
The 5.5-mile ring of steel posts around the Capitol Building is one of the largest (and most uniform) of its kind in the world.
Washington, D.C.
Man Controlling Trade
A muscular Art Deco monument represents the struggle between regulators and unbridled markets.
Washington, D.C.
Holodomor Memorial
An easily overlooked memorial to a Ukrainian famine-genocide that killed over 4 million people.
Washington, D.C.
Southwest Duck Pond
This lovely pocket park is one of the most under appreciated in D.C.
Las Vegas, Nevada
Atomic Liquors
Back in 1952, you could get a mushroom cloud chaser with your atomic cocktail.
Washington, D.C.
Cuban-American Friendship Urn
The only National Monument ever to go missing for nearly 50 years then resurface in a dump.
Shelburne, Vermont
Shelburne Farms
A massive sustainable farm designed by the mastermind behind Central Park.
London, England
Queen Mary's Garden
The rose garden in Regent's Park where Pongo and Perdita met for the first time in Disney's "101 Dalmatians."
London, England
William Blake's Home
The townhouse where the English poet created some of his most influential work has been preserved in tribute.
London, England
Peter Pan Statue
A statue marks the exact spot where The Boy Who Never Grows Up made his first literary appearance.
London, England
Great Ormond Street Hospital
Children's hospital in London that operates on royalties received from Peter Pan, which J.M. Barrie signed over in 1929.
London, England
Speakers' Corner
London's last remaining public soapbox site has seen speeches from Karl Marx, Vladmir Lenin, and George Orwell.
London, England
Ziggy Stardust Plaque
This London plaque marks the spot where David Bowie's famous alien made his debut.
London, England
The Cartoon Museum
A collection of comics, graphic novels, animation and caricatures devoted to exploring this often overlooked art form.
London, England
Lock & Co.
Claiming to be the oldest hat store in the world, this historic haberdashery had a hand (and a head) in the creation of the Bowler.
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London, England
Pollock's Toy Museum
A toy store with a century-long history preserves the craftsmanship of playthings of the past.
