Brooklyn, New York
The Remains of Abraham & Straus Department Store
The gilded vestiges of a sterling department store can still be found in a Brooklyn shopping center.
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Places I've been
Places this traveler has marked as been there.
Brooklyn, New York
Gage & Tollner
Brooklyn's most iconic restaurant, resurrected.
New York, New York
Radio City Music Hall's Secret Apartment
Built as a gift to the hottest tastemaker of the time, these hidden quarters remain an Art Deco showpiece.
Vancouver, British Columbia
The Marine Building
This Art Deco masterpiece has stood in for some of the most famous buildings in comic book history.
New York, New York
Israel Miller's 'Show Folks Shoe Shop' Building
Amid the marketing blitz of modern Times Square is an elegant holdover from its showbiz glory days.
New York, New York
The American Merchant Mariner's Memorial
Twice a day one of these tragic bronze mariners drowns with the tide to remember all those the sea has taken.
Jersey City, New Jersey
The Black Tom Explosion Memorial
A simple plaque remembers an act of WWI terrorism that obliterated an island and forever scarred the Statue of Liberty.
Jersey City, New Jersey
Central Railroad of New Jersey Terminal
Hidden in plain sight on the Hudson River is an abandoned train station where nature has taken over.
New York, New York
The Wishbones of McSorley's Old Ale House
Touching mementoes from those who didn't make it back from World War I still hang in one of New York's oldest bars.
New York, New York
6 1/2 Avenue: Manhattan’s Secret Street
Tucked away amidst some of the most famous addresses in the world is New York’s only fraction of a street.
Victoria, British Columbia
The Empress Hotel
This historic Victorian hotel has a scandalous history of affairs and murder.
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Winnipeg the Bear Statue
A statue in a Canadian zoo remembers the WWI origins of the beloved character Winnie-the-Pooh.
Permanently Closed
Liberty, New York
Ruins of Grossinger's Resort
This once luxurious Catskills resort is now a haunting ruin.
Valentine, Texas
Prada Marfa
A Prada store in the West Texas desert that is never open for business.
Salford, England
Salford Lads' Club
This historic club for wayward boys has shaped some of the biggest names in music almost as much as they have shaped it.
New York, New York
Please Don't Tell
Dodge prohibitionists and slide through the telephone booth in Crif Dogs.
Permanently Closed
New York, New York
Obscura Antiques and Oddities
Tucked in the back of this amazing antique store is an important piece of medical history.
Ypres, Belgium
The Birthplace of 'In Flanders Fields'
The site where one of the most famous poems of World War I was composed is preserved to honor the legacy of the work.
Paris, France
Montmartre Cemetery
A horde of stray cats rule in this secluded Parisian cemetery under a bridge.
Nogent-sur-Marne, France
Ruins of Le Jardin d'Agronomie Tropicale
Ghosts of France's colonial past.
Paris, France
The Gravestone Courtyard
Walk upon the mementos of the dead in this Parisian courtyard paved with medieval tombstones.
Paris, France
Montparnasse Cemetery
A Parisian cemetery where the elite and artistic are interred beneath an eccentric collection of tombs.
Queens, New York
Panorama of the City of New York
The crown jewel of the Queens Museum is a nearly 10,000-square-foot architectural model of the city originally built for the 1964 World's Fair.
San Luis Obispo, California
Madonna Inn
A hotel and restaurant serving as the mecca of kitsch.
