New York, New York
6 1/2 Avenue: Manhattan’s Secret Street
Tucked away amidst some of the most famous addresses in the world is New York’s only fraction of a street.
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Places I've been
Places this traveler has marked as been there.
New York, New York
Fearless Girl Statue
Wall Street has a new heroine, a bronze statue of a small but fierce girl.
New York, New York
Berlin Wall Section
A celebration of capitalism in Midtown.
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
Roosevelt Island Tramway
One of only two commuter aerial tramways in the United States.
New York, New York
Grand Central Terminal Whispering Gallery
Whisper secrets in a busy station only to be heard on the other side of this acoustic arch.
New York, New York
Chinatown Ice Cream Factory
Order scoops of pandan, lychee, and black sesame at this family-run institution.
New York, New York
The High Line
Elevated freight railway turned wildly successful urban park.
Rome, Italy
Santa Maria della Concezione Crypts
The crypts of Capuchin friars decorated with the bones of over 4,000 friars, including an entire "crypt of pelvises."
London, England
Platform 9 3/4
Kings Cross Station pays tribute to its role in Britain's best-selling book series.
San Francisco, California
Alcatraz Island
In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.
Los Angeles, California
Sunken City
Remants of foundations, streets, and streetcar tracks inhabit the cliffs where a landslide occurred in 1929.
Los Angeles, California
Griffith Observatory’s Tesla Coil
High on a hill overlooking Los Angeles lives a world famous, high-power conical Tesla Coil.
Page, Arizona
Horseshoe Bend
A sharp bend in a dramatic river canyon cut through red rocks.
Isle of Skye, Scotland
Fairy Pools
These fantastically named natural pools look like something out of a Scottish myth.
San Francisco, California
Albion Castle
A 140-year-old castle with underground caves hidden in San Francisco.
Prague, Czechia
The Museum of Alchemists and Magicians of Old Prague
The history of occult science is turned into a creepshow at this lurid Prague tourist attraction.
London, England
Twinings Tea Shop
A 300-year-old tea shop that brought tea to the English people, not to mention the Queen herself.
Las Vegas, Nevada
The Neon Museum
Flashy signs from Las Vegas’s past find their final resting place at this unusual graveyard.
Page, Arizona
Antelope Canyon
Most-visited and most-photographed slot canyon in the American Southwest.
Kyoto, Japan
Sagano Bamboo Forest
The sound of swaying stalks in this stunning grove has been named a governmentally recognized sound.
San Francisco, California
Secret Tiled Staircase
An artsy hidden staircase leads to breathtaking views of San Francisco.
London, England
Leadenhall Market
This ornate Victorian marketplace was the setting for Diagon Alley and the Leaky Cauldron in the first ‘Harry Potter’ film.
San Francisco, California
The Wave Organ
A huge musical instrument played by the ocean.
