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Doug Gerlach

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Follow travelers to discover remarkable places through their journeys.

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Places I've been

Places this traveler has marked as been there.

The front entrance along Niagara Square

Buffalo, New York

Buffalo City Hall

The seat of Buffalo government is a gorgeous Art Deco palace.

Tender Buttons window display.
Permanently Closed

New York, New York

Tender Buttons

This tiny store is your one-stop shop for all sorts of rare and wonderful buttons.

Ear Inn

New York, New York

Ear Inn

One of the city’s oldest watering holes was originally the home of a famous James Brown (not that one).

Marie's Crisis

New York, New York

Marie's Crisis

Those belting out show tunes in this West Village piano bar might not realize it marks the site where Thomas Paine died in 1809.

Ralph Kramden Statue

New York, New York

Ralph Kramden Statue

An homage to Jackie Gleason's bus-driving character from 'The Honeymooners.'

The clock, inactive, in November 2025.

New York, New York

National Debt Clock

This installation turns abstract economics into a stark, public spectacle.

A humble stone

Milton, Massachusetts

George H.W. Bush Birthplace

Though a proud Texan, the 41st President of the United States started life in the suburbs of Boston.

Boston Tea Party Ships & Museum

Boston, Massachusetts

Boston Tea Party Ships & Museum

Interactive museum complete with costumed re-enactors and the only known surviving chest from the Boston Tea Party.

Frontside of the house

Boston, Massachusetts

The Paul Revere House

The colonial home of Paul Revere during the American Revolution.

Beckley Furnace Industrial Monument

North Canaan, Connecticut

Beckley Furnace Industrial Monument

The last blast furnace to close in New England offers a rare window into the region’s once-thriving iron industry.

Weir Farm.

Wilton, Connecticut

Weir Farm National Historic Site

American artist J. Alden Weir purchased this 60-acre estate for $10 and a painting.

Early tavern signs at the Connecticut Historical Society.

Hartford, Connecticut

Colonial America Tavern Signs Collection

The early American colonists were such ferocious drinkers the law actually required every town to have a tavern.

Gungywamp

Groton, Connecticut

Gungywamp

The kind of mixed-up place that drives archaeologists crazy.

International Vinegar Museum

Roslyn, South Dakota

International Vinegar Museum

A museum dedicated to all things vinegar in rural South Dakota.

Statue and monuments

Laclede, Missouri

General John J. Pershing Boyhood Home

The beginnings of one of America's most famous military officers.

“Freedom of Speech”

Stockbridge, Massachusetts

Norman Rockwell Museum

A rich collection honors the iconic American artist, down to the jacket worn in his “Freedom of Speech” painting.

John Fitzgerald Kennedy National Historic Site

Brookline, Massachusetts

John Fitzgerald Kennedy National Historic Site

This historic house was the birthplace and childhood home of the 35th president of the United States.

Sun Voyager

Reykjavik, Iceland

Sun Voyager

This boat represents the promise of undiscovered territory, a dream of hope, and progress and freedom for Iceland.

 Recline in style inside the Duncan House, available to rent by the night. |

Acme, Pennsylvania

Polymath Park

Sleep in a Frank Lloyd Wright-designed home or dine in the treetops in this architecture park.

The museum has guitars played by musical legends.

Nazareth, Pennsylvania

Martin Guitar Factory

Explore nearly 200 years of guitar-making history

Yuengling, formerly called Eagle Brewery, offers tours in its historic Pottsville location.

Pottsville, Pennsylvania

Yuengling Brewery

This oldest brewery in the U.S. has lived through fire, Prohibition, and six generations of family ownership.

One of Hershey Trolley Works mobile stages.

Hershey, Pennsylvania

Hershey’s Chocolate World and Hershey Trolley Works

This mobile theater show highlights the story of Hershey through fun facts, unique stories, and plenty of candy samples.

The Tower of Voices contains 40 wind chimes.

Stoystown, Pennsylvania

Flight 93 National Memorial

Remember and reflect at this 9/11 memorial site.

The Monument is in downtown Kissimmee, Florida.

Kissimmee, Florida

Monument of States

After the attack on Pearl Harbor, rocks and fossils from every U.S. state were collected into a pyramid of national unity.

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