New Paltz, New York
Huguenot Street
The oldest continuously inhabited street in America.
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Places I want to go
Places on this traveler's wishlist.
Goldfield, Nevada
Paste Eater's Grave
Eulogizing an unknown man's unusual demise.
Yakutsk, Russia
Yakutsk
The coldest city in the world.
Campbell Island / Motu Ihupuku, New Zealand
World's Loneliest Tree
The most remote tree in the world is more than 170 miles from its nearest neighbor.
Amityville, New York
Amityville Horror House
The site of a tragic massacre that spawned a multimedia franchise.
Queens, New York
76th Street Subway Station
Out of a labyrinth of abandoned tunnels and stops, this Queens subway station is arguably the most mysterious—if it exists at all.
Bronx, New York
West 230th Step Street
The longest step street in the city.
New York, New York
Gorilla Diorama
Creating this diorama spurred naturalist Carl Akeley to begin advocating to protect the apes.
Brooklyn, New York
Smith-9 Street Station
The highest rapid transit station in the world.
Permanently Closed
Brooklyn, New York
Lindsay for Mayor Billboard
This recently uncovered ad for Lindsay's run at Mayor in 1965 had been hiding for decades underneath a billboard.
Brooklyn, New York
Brooklyn Savings Bank Subway Branch
Before online banking and smartphone apps, there was "commuter banking" in the subway in Downtown Brooklyn.
New York, New York
Gay Street
An aptly-named street near the birthplace of the modern LGBT rights movement.
New York, New York
IFC Center Peephole
The best way to get a sneak peek at the movies.
New York, New York
The Remnants of Manhattan's Thirteenth Avenue
Manhattan's Thirteenth Avenue was made on landfill then deliberately destroyed — apart from one small, obscure block.
New York, New York
Collyer Brothers Park
Harlem park dedicated to compulsive hoarders killed by their own junk.
