New York, New York
The Narrowest Building in New York
This slender three-story building has also had several famous residents.
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Places I've been
Places this traveler has marked as been there.
New York, New York
The Hidden Holocaust Memorial of Madison Park
A Manhattan courthouse hides a small but scathing memorial to Holocaust injustice.
New York, New York
Delmonico's Pompeii Columns
Possible relics of the ancient Roman city are hidden in this restaurant's façade.
Brooklyn, New York
The Dime Savings Bank of Brooklyn
While it now takes more than a dime to open an account this historic Brooklyn bank still displays the opulence of the gilded age in which it was built.
New York, New York
Pomander Walk
Peek through the gates at this oasis from the city, full of Old English charm.
New York, New York
Times Square Hum
A pedestrian island in the middle of world-famous Times Square emits a strange (and purposeful) humming noise.
New York, New York
Marilyn Monroe’s Subway Grate
This unmarked and unloved Manhattan subway grate created one of the most iconic images in American cinema.
New York, New York
One Times Square
This historic address is home to the beloved ball and is an almost totally empty building among the most expensive real estate in the world.
Bronx, New York
Elizabeth Cady Stanton's Grave
A monument stands to the famous suffragist who penned the declaration for women's equal rights, including the right to vote.
New York, New York
Spotlight on Broadway Map
The 28-foot granite map plots the locations of 40 theaters in New York City.
New York, New York
Hispanic Society Museum and Library
This Manhattan museum houses one of the largest collections of Spanish art and manuscripts outside of Spain.
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New York, New York
Gulliver's Gate
A quick trip around the globe through an amazing miniature exhibit.
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New York, New York
Gem Spa
For almost a century, this East Village newsstand has served egg creams to beats, hippies, punks, and everything in between.
Queens, New York
The Birthplace of Scrabble
A uniquely lettered street sign marks the corner where the iconic word game was invented.
New York, New York
Greenacre Park
Read a book next to a Midtown waterfall.
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.
Queens, New York
'The Ramp'
Where the four original members of the Ramones hung out and revolutionized punk rock.
San Francisco, California
Spreckels Temple of Music
An elaborate gift from Claus Spreckels is now a piece of San Francisco history.
San Francisco, California
Lotta's Fountain
San Francisco's oldest surviving monument and meeting place for 1906 survivors.
San Francisco, California
Musée Mécanique
A collection of 20th-century automata, penny arcade games, and musical contraptions.
San Francisco, California
Exploratorium
San Francisco's newly reopened hands-on science museum.
San Francisco, California
Ruins of the Sutro Baths
The seawater playground of gilded-era San Francisco burned to the ground in 1966.
San Francisco, California
Camera Obscura & Holograph Collection
A walk-in working camera obscura produces 360-degree live images of the San Francisco coast.
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San Francisco, California
Labyrinth at Land’s End
A winding path built in secret on the edge of the continent.
