Places Added by Luke Spencer

A favorite Paris bar for U.S. expats, including Gershwin, Hemingway, and James Bond.

A partially hidden wall graffitied by spectators of the 1976 Bicentennial, recently rediscovered.

An abandoned gun-funded 19th century utopia.

Amid the bustle and noise of the Financial District hides a secluded garden oasis above the city streets.

This recently uncovered ad for Lindsay's run at Mayor in 1965 had been hiding for decades underneath a billboard.

Hidden in one of New York's oldest subway stations is the final remnant of the site of the bizarre Shakespeare Riots.

The alpine falls where Sherlock Holmes apparently met his demise can actually be visited.

This enormous Hindu temple in Queens serves incredible dosas in its basement canteen.

A remnant from the golden age of aviation still in use today, Pan Am's Clipper service took off from this Art Deco gem.

A 19th-century politician who died after walking home in a blizzard is honored with this Manhattan statue.

Manhattan's Thirteenth Avenue was made on landfill then deliberately destroyed — apart from one small, obscure block.

Manhattan's deadly West Side railroad, which killed hundreds of New Yorkers, is remembered by this simple plaque.

This Fifth Avenue church has long been the favored worshiping place of Broadway actors and vaudeville performers.

Vienna's giant wonder wheel had a starring role in one of the greatest noir movies of all time.

This tiny cafe is one of the last meeting places of its kind, allowing revolutionaries a place to plot.

Michael Jackson got Bad and Crocodile Dundee walked on heads in this iconic Brooklyn subway station.

Since 1920, one small company has defined the distinctive chairs of Paris' sidewalk bistros.

Noirish green neon marks the location of one of the oldest private detective agencies in France.

The Underground Railroad passed right through this historic Brooklyn Heights church.

Some of the earliest burial grounds of New York State are to be found hidden away in this quaint town.

Bits of architecture from a town destroyed in World War I now decorate this hotel garden.

Now a memorial, this factory was once used as a concentration camp for artists by the Vichy government.

Thanks to this small string of islands World War II still hasn't officially ended between Russia and Japan.

Rusting away on the edge of New Jersey are the remains of a Cold War missile launch site.