Albany, New York
The First Shaker Village
The first American home of the isolated, egalitarian religion has a trove of Shaker architecture and artifacts.
Places Marbles07 Wants to Go
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Places I want to go
Places on this traveler's wishlist.
Brooklyn, New York
Most Holy Trinity Cemetery
A burial ground of rusting metal grave markers.
New York, New York
The Narrowest Building in New York
This slender three-story building has also had several famous residents.
Troy, New York
Grave of Uncle Sam
The original Uncle Sam was actually a New York meatpacker who is buried under this historic grave.
New York, New York
Central Filing Bar
A hidden bar inside an ad agency has a deliberately misleading name, so employees can stay late under pretext of paperwork.
Neversink, New York
Neversink
The lost town of Neversink, sunk by New York City.
New York, New York
Tompkins Square Temperance Fountain
A reminder to choose water over wine since 1888.
Queens, New York
The Kitty Genovese Residence
A young woman's senseless murder led to the controversial psychological theory of the "bystander effect."
Brooklyn, New York
Mount Prospect Park
This city park was once a lookout point for George Washington’s army during the Battle of Brooklyn in 1776.
Sands Point, New York
Sands Point Preserve
The former estate of the Guggenheims, part of the opulent Gold Coast that inspired the Great Gatsby.
Queens, New York
The Alley Pond Giant
The oldest living organism in New York City. Maybe.
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.
Brooklyn, New York
Floyd Bennett Field
The home of aviation trailblazers, in a remote corner of the big city.
Permanently Closed
New York, New York
NYC Barber Museum
This nostalgic blast from the grooming past is also a working barbershop.
New York, New York
Audubon Mural Project
Walking around West Harlem reveals a scavenger hunt of beautiful bird murals.
New York, New York
Death Avenue Plaque
Manhattan's deadly West Side railroad, which killed hundreds of New Yorkers, is remembered by this simple plaque.
New York, New York
African Burial Ground National Monument
This memorial honors thousands of enslaved Africans and their descendants who died in colonial New York.
Carmel Hamlet, New York
New York's Chuang Yen Monastery
The largest Buddha statue in the Western Hemisphere is just 50 miles north of NYC.
New York, New York
Rat Rock in Morningside Heights
This giant boulder is sandwiched between apartment complexes in upper Manhattan.
Stony Point, New York
Old Letchworth Village Cemetery
Hundreds of numbered stakes hidden in the woods mark the graves of the lost souls of a nearby asylum.
Rochester, New York
Garbage Plates at Nick Tahou Hots
Rochester's signature culinary delicacy.
Queens, New York
Vander Ende-Onderdonk House
The oldest Dutch colonial stone house in New York City is a hidden gem on the border of Brooklyn and Queens.
Brooklyn, New York
Monk Parakeets of Brooklyn College
Con Edison’s exotic and heat-loving pests.
Brooklyn, New York
Plymouth Church of the Pilgrims
The Underground Railroad passed right through this historic Brooklyn Heights church.
