New York, New York
Rat Rock in Morningside Heights
This giant boulder is sandwiched between apartment complexes in upper Manhattan.
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Places I've been
Places this traveler has marked as been there.
Brooklyn, New York
'The Dinner Party'
This enormous banquet-themed artwork honors over 1,000 notable women throughout history.
New York, New York
No. 44 Stuyvesant
This 220-year-old house is a reminder of New York City's Dutch past.
New York, New York
New York Cancer Hospital
This castle-like building in Manhattan helped destigmatize cancer in the 19th century.
Permanently Closed
Brooklyn, New York
Meserole Theatre
Historic Greenpoint theater turned roller disco, then chain pharmacy, and now Sweetgreen.
New York, New York
The Double Check Businessman
This anonymous businessman sculpted in bronze became an enduring memorial after 9/11, and had been mistaken by rescue workers for a survivor in the rubble.
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
William J. Syms Operating Theatre
Once considered the height of medical modernity, this structure is now the oldest remaining component of Roosevelt Hospital.
New York, New York
The Mulberry Bend
During the 19th century, you could pay for violence off a prix fixe menu on this Manhattan street.
Staten Island, New York
Willowbrook State School
Failed state-supported institution meant to rehabilitate students with intellectual disabilities.
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.
New York, New York
Gay Liberation
The first piece of public art dedicated to LGBT rights.
New York, New York
Sidewalk Subway Map
Plot your trip through the city on the sidewalk.
New York, New York
Rose Hill Historic House
The origins of midtown Manhattan's anachronistic wooden farmhouse remain a mystery.
New York, New York
The Webster Apartments
This New York holdover was built to provide housing for shopgirls and still does not allow men above the lobby.
New York, New York
The Remnants of Tin Pan Alley
The one-time epicenter of American songwriting is now a little remembered Manhattan commercial block.
New York, New York
New York Herald Monument
There are owls with glowing eyes in Herald Square.
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.
New York, New York
The Ziegfeld Head
The front yard of an Upper East Side town house hides the last fragment of one of New York's most famous theatres.
New York, New York
Delmonico's Pompeii Columns
Possible relics of the ancient Roman city are hidden in this restaurant's façade.
New York, New York
Graybar Rats
Rat sculptures try to infiltrate the Graybar Building in an architectural tribute to New York City's nautical history.
Brooklyn, New York
Love Lane
Love is in the air along the small street in Brooklyn.
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.
Brooklyn, New York
Webster Place
A hidden architectural treasure in New York's Brooklyn.
