New York, New York
Sylvan Terrace
A discreet little stairway on St. Nicholas Avenue leads to a quaint and unexpected cobblestone street of 19th century wooden rowhouses.
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Places I've been
Places this traveler has marked as been there.
Haines Falls, New York
Kaaterskill Falls and the Bayard of Dogs
A stunning, two-tiered waterfall made famous by poets, artists and the legend of a ghost dog.
Asbury Park, New Jersey
Asbury Park Casino and Carousel House
Vacant Beaux-Arts buildings that serve as reminders of a beach town’s glory days.
San Francisco, California
Stern of the Niantic
The only visible piece of San Francisco's most famous shipwreck.
Kingston, New York
Four Corners
The only intersection in America where the buildings on all four corners were built pre-Revolutionary War.
Permanently Closed
Italy, Texas
Starship Pegasus
A starship has landed in Texas, a welcome break for weary travelers from a drab stretch of I-35.
Brooklyn, New York
The Red Hook Stores
A strip of modern stores in historic buildings.
New York, New York
Nikola Tesla Street Corner
Commemorating the spot where the famous scientist fed his pigeons.
New York, New York
Campbell Apartment
A very classy 1920s-era bar right in Grand Central Station.
New York, New York
Governors Island
Lie in a hammock where George Washington stood.
New York, New York
Giant Needle and Button
There must be a pun in this haystack somewhere...
New York, New York
Model Ship Collection at the South Street Seaport Museum
Set sail on a small scale.
Brooklyn, New York
Vinegar Hill
Walk into the 19th century without leaving Brooklyn.
New York, New York
Shinran Statue
Hiroshima survivor on Riverside Drive.
New York, New York
John M. Mossman Lock Collection
Hundreds of antique bank vault locks on display in New York City.
Brooklyn, New York
Coney Island Creek
Waterway populated with abandoned projects, including a submarine.
New York, New York
Roosevelt Island Lighthouse
A little lighthouse in New York City, surrounded by mysterious stories of insanity-driven construction.
New York, New York
President Ulysses S. Grant's Tomb
Visit the monolithic tomb of America's most famous general.
Hamer, South Carolina
South of the Border
I-95's Tijuana-style celebration of kitsch at the Carolina border.
Waco, Texas
Dr Pepper Museum
Housed in a century-old building, this museum's dedicated not just to soft drinks, but to the free enterprise system.
Barcelona, Spain
Calder Mercury Fountain
A beautiful but toxic fountain of mercury.
Key West, Florida
Southernmost Point of the Continental U.S.
A monument celebrating the idea of reaching inaccessible places.
Foster, Rhode Island
Jerimoth Hill
As state highpoints go, this spot is one of the lowest, but for years it was also the hardest to climb.
Wantage, New Jersey
High Point Monument
The highest point in New Jersey is marked by a massive, if simply named, obelisk.
