Paris, France
The Recumbent Effigy of Victor Noir
How did a French journalist’s grave become the sexiest statue in the cemetery?
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Places I've been
Places this traveler has marked as been there.
Paris, France
Catacombes de Paris
The vast, legendary catacombs hold secrets much stranger than stacked bones.
London, England
Replica of the Golden Hinde
This one has sailed five times as far as Sir Francis Drake's famous ship.
London, England
The Clink Prison Museum
An incarceration museum on the spot of possibly the oldest prison in England.
London, England
Stables Market
Catacombs turned marketplace.
London, England
Highgate Cemetery
London's creepiest cemetery was once the site of dueling magicians and mobs of stake-carrying vampire hunters.
New York, New York
Grand Central Ceiling Dark Patch
A dark patch of the ceiling at Grand Central Terminal which was not restored is still stained brown by tobacco.
New York, New York
The Wizard of Park Avenue
A whimsical, but often overlooked clock in Park Avenue.
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.
New York, New York
Toynbee Tiles
Cryptic messages embedded in the New York City sidewalk.
New York, New York
Barthman's Sidewalk Clock
A clock set into the concrete outside a Manhattan jeweler has been telling time underfoot for over a century.
New York, New York
Gimbel's Bridge
A three-story copper skybridge connects two Manhattan buildings with Art Deco luxury.
New York, New York
Unicorn Tapestries at the Cloisters
Mysterious 500-year-old tapestries depict a unicorn hunt.
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.
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New York, New York
Obscura Antiques and Oddities
Tucked in the back of this amazing antique store is an important piece of medical history.
Permanently Closed
New York, New York
The Evolution Store
A terrific purveyor of natural history objects and curios.
Berlin, Germany
Berlin-Friedrichstrasse Railway Station
Cold war icon and onetime "hole" in the iron curtain.
Berlin, Germany
Führerbunker Parking Lot
The bunker where Hitler took his own life is hidden under this deliberately ordinary parking lot.
Berlin, Germany
Berlin Story Bunker
This World War II bunker now survives as a documentation of the Nazi regime and war crimes.
Berlin, Germany
Pergamon Museum
The most visited, and possibly most controversial, museum in Germany.
Los Angeles, California
Chicken Boy
The so-called "Statue of Liberty of Los Angeles" is on a one mutant mission to keep L.A. weird.
Los Angeles, California
Pink's Hot Dogs
World-famous, Pink's still manages to keep its prized cult fetish status.
Los Angeles, California
Hollywood Sign
Hollywood's most famous landmark, the "temporary" sign that has stood for decades longer than intended.
Los Angeles, California
Tiki-Ti
Established in the '60s, a family-owned tropical drink bar founded by Ray Buhen, bartender to the stars.
