Baltimore, Maryland
Nuclear Ship Savannah
America's first nuclear-powered merchant ship is now a time warp to the atomic age.
Places I've been
Places this traveler has marked as been there.
Baltimore, Maryland
America's first nuclear-powered merchant ship is now a time warp to the atomic age.
Baltimore, Maryland
Once America's tallest structure, now a Baltimore landmark.
New York, New York
An annual extravaganza of Broadway theater memorabilia.
Baltimore, Maryland
A hidden alley in urban Baltimore is a haven for graffiti artists.
Los Angeles, California
World's largest collection of serial killer artwork and other macabre exhibits.
Willemstad, Curaçao
The floor of the oldest surviving synagogue in the Americas is entirely covered in sand.
Stamford, Connecticut
Forgotten under the construction of a new urban roadway is a small, abandoned part of town.
New York, New York
A prized globe signed by Amelia Earhart and Charles Lindbergh sits in the Brooklyn office of the American Geographical Society.
Ypres, Belgium
A rare example of World War I trenches from the British front.
Bronx, New York
This plot of old-growth forest is the largest surviving remnant of New York City's original woodland.
Cairo, Illinois
A once-booming Mississippi River town with a history of racial violence is now eerie and mostly abandoned.
New York, New York
A simple midtown bar was once the home of a secretive and exclusive club staffed by "bunnies" under Hefner's strict rules.
Kansas City, Missouri
Two hundred tons of pioneer artifacts were painstakingly recovered from a shipwreck at the bottom of the Missouri River.
New York, New York
The home of the first American-born saint is one of the only curved buildings in New York.
Halifax, Nova Scotia
The profile of one ill-fated deacon was emblazoned forever on this church window during the Halifax explosion.
New York, New York
A well-worn marker in a forgotten alleyway is all that remains of what had been one of Manhattan's most beautiful buildings.
Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina
This surreal memorial/cemetery is a necropolis of crumbling stonework and puzzle-shaped headstones.
Prypiat, Ukraine
One of the most poignant ruins of the Chornobyl nuclear disaster, the local football team's stadium has been quickly reclaimed by nature.
Hartford, Connecticut
An iconic steel and chrome diner from the 1940s left empty for nearly 20 years is in danger of being demolished.
New York, New York
The oldest family-run luncheonette in New York, last renovated in 1948, still serves food and drinks the old-fashioned way.
Asbury Park, New Jersey
Marie told fortunes from her small stand on the Boardwalk for decades, including to a young Bruce Springsteen who would busk outside her booth.
New York, New York
Unlock the secrets of the conjuring arts.
New York, New York
Magnificent New Deal Murals evoke a time when New York City harbor was one of the world's greatest and busiest ports.
New York, New York
The front yard of an Upper East Side town house hides the last fragment of one of New York's most famous theatres.