Brooklyn, New York
Museum of Food and Drink
Here, exhibits come with a side of edible history.
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Places I've been
Places this traveler has marked as been there.
New York, New York
REI's Wall of Litho Stones
A trove of century-old litho stones from the Puck Building's printing days were discovered behind a cellar wall, and are now hanging in the store.
New York, New York
Roosevelt Island Lighthouse
A little lighthouse in New York City, surrounded by mysterious stories of insanity-driven construction.
Brooklyn, New York
Masstransiscope
A modern zoetrope on the New York City subway.
Brooklyn, New York
Vinegar Hill
Walk into the 19th century without leaving Brooklyn.
New York, New York
Roosevelt Island Octagon Tower
A former insane asylum despised by Nelly Bly and Charles Dickens is now fashionable apartments.
Brooklyn, New York
Green-Wood Cemetery
A Victorian cemetery in the heart of Brooklyn remains a popular mecca of morbid curiosity.
New York, New York
'The Sphere'
This sculpture by artist Fritz Keonig survived the 9/11 attacks and now stands as a monument to the victims.
Brooklyn, New York
House of Yes
A band of aerialists and circus performers putting on incredible shows in East Williamsburg.
New York, New York
Roosevelt Island Smallpox Hospital Ruins
A crumbling hospital from the 1850s on Roosevelt Island.
Brooklyn, New York
The Brooklyn Visitation Monastery
A working monastery hidden away in Brooklyn once abutted the location of a former inebriate's home.
Nashville, Tennessee
United Record Pressing
When Motown musicians came to Nashville in the 1960s they stayed at this historic record-pressing company because hotels wouldn't host them.
Nashville, Tennessee
Edgehill Polar Bears
For decades these polar bears have roamed all around a Nashville neighborhood.
Harpers Ferry, West Virginia
John Brown's Fort
The last holdout of a pre-Civil War rebel who took the matter of slavery into his own hands.
New York, New York
Greenwich Locksmith
Phil Mortillaro uses keys to bring art back to the Village.
Washington, D.C.
Volta Laboratory & Bureau
Helen Keller once broke ground on this historic center for the study of technologies to benefit the hearing impaired.
Nashville, Tennessee
Ryman Alley
The alley connecting two of country music’s most historic venues has a rich history of its own.
Nashville, Tennessee
Concrete Parthenon
This replica of the Greek structure is in the heart of Nashville.
Nashville, Tennessee
Hatch Show Print
At 135 years old and counting, this historic print shop is heaven for poster nerds and music buffs.
St. Louis, Missouri
City Museum
Less a museum than a bizarre fantasy world created by artists and engineers.
Waterbury, Vermont
Ben & Jerry's Flavor Graveyard
The sweetest graveyard in the world is filled with headstones for dearly de-pinted ice cream flavors.
Silver Spring, Maryland
Wheaton Station Escalator
The longest escalator in the Western Hemisphere takes over three minutes to ride down.
Washington, D.C.
Howard Theatre
Through the decades, Black music stars have performed at this historic hub for music and the arts.
Washington, D.C.
Walter Johnson Statue
This statue of one of baseball’s greatest pitchers looks like something out of a sci-fi horror movie.
