Melbourne Beach, Florida
Juan Ponce de León Landing Park
This small beachside park commemorates the possibilities of discovery.
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Places I've been
Places this traveler has marked as been there.
New York, New York
Giant Needle and Button
There must be a pun in this haystack somewhere...
New York, New York
New York Herald Monument
There are owls with glowing eyes in Herald Square.
New York, New York
Macy's Wooden Escalators
A bit of retro transportation flair preserved in the world's largest department store.
New York, New York
'Life Underground' Sculptures
An artist's cute bronze subway sculptures belie his violent artistic past.
New York, New York
The High Line
Elevated freight railway turned wildly successful urban park.
Jersey City, New Jersey
Ellis Island Immigrant Hospital
Now abandoned, the first public health hospital in the U.S. saw more than one million immigrants from around the world.
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 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
Delmonico's Pompeii Columns
Possible relics of the ancient Roman city are hidden in this restaurant's façade.
New York, New York
Trinity Churchyard
This cemetery has graves dating back to the 17th century, including the city's oldest carved tombstone and an ominous cryptogram.
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.
New York, New York
Irish Hunger Memorial
Blighted Irish field and the ruins of a 19th-century cottage on the edge of urban Manhattan.
New York, New York
Barthman's Sidewalk Clock
A clock set into the concrete outside a Manhattan jeweler has been telling time underfoot for over a century.
New York, New York
Roosevelt Island Lighthouse
A little lighthouse in New York City, surrounded by mysterious stories of insanity-driven construction.
New York, New York
Brooklyn Bridge Love Locks
A popular European tradition makes its way to the states on one of America's most famous bridges.
New York, New York
The Sugar House Prison Window
An odd, ancient window that may have once been part of a brutal prison is embedded in the side of New York's Police Plaza.
New York, New York
Private Passage
Wine bottle sculpture with a ship's stateroom inside.
New York, New York
Spring Street Salt Shed
This simple Manhattan salt house is artfully shaped... well, like a giant granule of salt.
Brooklyn, New York
Brooklyn Fire Department House on Norman Avenue
Home to first responders to Greenpoint's devastating oil fires.
Brooklyn, New York
Digester Eggs
A modern addition to the Greenpoint skyline.
Permanently Closed
Queens, New York
5 Pointz
A graffiti Mecca welcoming artists from around the world.
New York, New York
Museum of Sex
A semi-scholarly approach to sex.
New York, New York
Gimbel's Bridge
A three-story copper skybridge connects two Manhattan buildings with Art Deco luxury.
