Montclair, New Jersey
Thomas Edison's Concrete Houses
Edison's cast-in-place concrete houses were a failure, but way ahead of their time.
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Montclair, New Jersey
Edison's cast-in-place concrete houses were a failure, but way ahead of their time.
Queens, New York
A graffiti Mecca welcoming artists from around the world.
Brooklyn, New York
A huge resale shop for the cast-offs of the film & television industry.
Brooklyn, New York
A library and shop devoted to the body, mortality, and bringing to light forgotten or neglected histories
New York, New York
Two large-scale sculptures of Adam and Eve greet visitors in the nude at the Time Warner Center in NYC.
Brooklyn, New York
Michael Jackson got Bad and Crocodile Dundee walked on heads in this iconic Brooklyn subway station.
Brooklyn, New York
A mass grave for victims of one of the city’s worst fires.
Bronx, New York
A monument stands to the famous suffragist who penned the declaration for women's equal rights, including the right to vote.
Brooklyn, New York
An unconventional space for art and science housed in a massive old warehouse.
Brooklyn, New York
A way to take your secrets to someone else's grave.
Brooklyn, New York
A decommissioned military complex that's now a modern industrial park.
New York, New York
This historic building housed the surviving crew members of the Titanic, who were left destitute after the wreck.
New York, New York
Beautiful mosaics cover the first stations opened on New York City's newest subway line.
New York, New York
This exemplar of modernist architecture is meant to captivate and inspire students of the Cooper Union.
New York, New York
Discover the taste of mold.
New York, New York
Nikola Tesla's former home contains an homage hidden from plain sight.
New York, New York
An annual extravaganza of Broadway theater memorabilia.
New York, New York
A Manhattan Episcopal church with an eerie underground crypt.
Brooklyn, New York
You can still ride this 100-year-old work of art in Brooklyn's largest public park.
New York, New York
A discreet little stairway on St. Nicholas Avenue leads to a quaint and unexpected cobblestone street of 19th century wooden rowhouses.
New York, New York
Visit the monolithic tomb of America's most famous general.
New York, New York
An artist's cute bronze subway sculptures belie his violent artistic past.
Brooklyn, New York
A band of aerialists and circus performers putting on incredible shows in East Williamsburg.
New York, New York
Blighted Irish field and the ruins of a 19th-century cottage on the edge of urban Manhattan.