New York, New York
Staple Street Skybridge
Imagine having a street run right through your home, or better yet, a historic bridge three stories high.
Places RecklessThor Wants to Go
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Places I want to go
Places on this traveler's wishlist.
Staten Island, New York
New York Chinese Scholar's Garden
This small and serene place for quiet reflection on Staten Island was built in China based on the gardens of the Ming Dynasty.
New York, New York
Museum at Eldridge Street
America's oldest Eastern European synagogue provided the immigrants of crowded Lower East Side tenements a space of sanctuary.
New York, New York
Power Station
One of the last full-orchestra recording studios in New York City and an acoustical marvel.
New York, New York
Poster House Museum
The first museum in the United States dedicated entirely to posters.
New York, New York
New York Society Library
New York's oldest and possibly grandest keeper of books.
New York, New York
Pneumatic System of the New York Public Library
One of the last few places in Manhattan that employed a pneumatic systemic keeps it on display.
New York, New York
The Woolworth Building
Once the tallest building in the world and the site of “the highest dinner ever held in New York” this building now holds the most expensive penthouse in the city.
New York, New York
George Glazer Gallery
Unique antiquarian shop specializing in globes, maps, and prints.
New York, New York
Campbell Apartment
A very classy 1920s-era bar right in Grand Central Station.
New York, New York
Trinity Place Bank Vault Bar
This lower Manhattan bar is set up in an old bank vault that rests beneath a skyscraper that hides even more historic splendor.
New York, New York
Track 61
This abandoned subway station beneath the Waldorf-Astoria hotel is allegedly used to secretly transport presidents.
New York, New York
New York's Hidden Tropical Forest
A miniature rainforest is growing inside of a Midtown Manhattan office building.
New York, New York
5 Beekman Street
This beautiful building in the heart of Manhattan's Financial District was empty for decades.
Montevideo, Uruguay
Museo del Azulejo (Tile Museum)
The private collection of tile gathered by an architect over 40 years.
Tokyo, Japan
Monozuki Cafe
A tiny kissaten coffeeshop with expertly crafted coffee in an antique setting.
Tokyo, Japan
Mesopotamia
The only Kurdish restaurant in Japan invites you to learn and feast.
Tokyo, Japan
Stone Monuments of Hibiya Park
This park boasts a unusual collection of curious monuments from around the world, from Micronesia to Antarctica.
Tokyo, Japan
Hanegi Park
The 650 red and white Japanese plum trees of this Tokyo neighborhood blossom each spring.
Paris, France
Petite Ceinture
Abandoned railway line circling the city of Paris.
Singapore
Marsiling Tunnels
These secretive tunnels were once the site of a Royal Air Force fuel reserve depot.
Barcelona, Spain
Columns of the Temple of Augustus
The 2,000-year-old Roman columns are hidden within Barcelona's Gothic Quarter.
Barcelona, Spain
Sant Pau Recinte Modernista
The largest Art Nouveau complex in the world is a Barcelona hospital with a 600-year-long history.
Barcelona, Spain
Jardins de Ca n'Altimira
Bask in the 19th century grandeur of an eccentric Freemason millionaire's private gardens.
