Queens, New York
La Guardia's Art Deco Marine Air Terminal
A remnant from the golden age of aviation still in use today, Pan Am's Clipper service took off from this Art Deco gem.
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Places I've been
Places this traveler has marked as been there.
New York, New York
The Remnants of Tin Pan Alley
The one-time epicenter of American songwriting is now a little remembered Manhattan commercial block.
Brooklyn, New York
The Brooklyn Navy Yard
A decommissioned military complex that's now a modern industrial park.
Brooklyn, New York
Van Brunt Stillhouse
Micro-distillery in Brooklyn produces New York’s first homemade rum since Prohibition.
Brooklyn, New York
Sunny's Bar
Once a popular watering hole among longshoremen and shipyard workers, this neighborhood treasure spans more than 100 years of Red Hook history.
New York, New York
Second Avenue Subway Art
Beautiful mosaics cover the first stations opened on New York City's newest subway line.
Brooklyn, New York
Museum of Food and Drink
Here, exhibits come with a side of edible history.
New York, New York
Jeffrey's Hook Light
Little Red Lighthouse under the George Washington Bridge.
Bronx, New York
Holiday Train Show at New York Botanical Garden
Every year model trains zip through a miniature New York City that's now 150 landmarks strong.
New York, New York
Union Square Metronome
The most confusing clock in New York.
New York, New York
The Lightship Frying Pan
Rummage through this sunken ship, but leave your scuba gear at home.
New York, New York
Paley Park
A small peaceful park and waterfall tucked amid the urban grind of Midtown Manhattan.
New York, New York
Grand Central Oyster Bar
This subterranean oyster house has been the pearl of Grand Central Station since 1913.
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
Plaque of Nikola Tesla on Radio Wave Building
The former hotel where Tesla invented the radio.
New York, New York
New Yorker Hotel
The New York hotel where tragic visionary Nikola Tesla spent his final hours, destitute and alone but for the pigeons.
New York, New York
Keen's Steakhouse
Everyone from Mark Twain to Teddy Roosevelt has a pipe hanging from the walls of this historic chophouse.
New York, New York
Chinatown's Bloody Angle
Avoid gangster interaction while window-shopping.
Queens, New York
TWA Flight Center at JFK Airport
This futuristic airport terminal was abandoned for decades before reopening as a hotel—with a vintage plane of its own parked out back.
New York, New York
'Life Underground' Sculptures
An artist's cute bronze subway sculptures belie his violent artistic past.
New York, New York
Crabs of Cleopatra’s Needle
Curious crustaceans support an obelisk from ancient Egypt that now stands in modern-day Central Park.
New York, New York
Titanic Memorial
Manhattan's lighthouse, erected at the insistence of the unsinkable Molly Brown.
New York, New York
Macy's Wooden Escalators
A bit of retro transportation flair preserved in the world's largest department store.
Brooklyn, New York
Steve's Authentic Key Lime Pies
“Invented in Key West, Perfected in Brooklyn."
