Bayonne, New Jersey
Tear Drop Memorial
World Trade Center memorial likened to a woman's sexual organ.
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Places I've been
Places this traveler has marked as been there.
Queens, New York
Troma Entertainment Inc.
The best B-movies filmed on a shoestring budget were born here.
New York, New York
Lower East Side Toy Company (The Back Room)
Become a prohibition rebel.
New York, New York
Roosevelt Island Tramway
One of only two commuter aerial tramways in the United States.
New York, New York
Site of New York Slave Market
Where now stands a 42-story condominium tower of marble, glass and steel was once the central market of New York’s slave trade.
New York, New York
Tompkins Square Temperance Fountain
A reminder to choose water over wine since 1888.
New York, New York
Hare Krishna Tree
One of the few remaining American elm trees in New York’s Tompkins Square Park was the birthplace of a new religion.
New York, New York
West Terrace at the Cloisters
This hidden oasis features a stunning view of the Hudson River and the Palisades from a castle-like museum.
New York, New York
Unicorn Tapestries at the Cloisters
Mysterious 500-year-old tapestries depict a unicorn hunt.
New York, New York
Preserved Remnants of 17th Century New York
Under a glass sidewalk lie the remains of some of Manhattan's oldest buildings.
New York, New York
The Shrine of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton
The home of the first American-born saint is one of the only curved buildings in New York.
New York, New York
Edward Mooney House
Built just after the American Revolution, the oldest row house in New York City still stands in Chinatown.
New York, New York
Delmonico's Pompeii Columns
Possible relics of the ancient Roman city are hidden in this restaurant's façade.
New York, New York
The SeaGlass Carousel
Manhattan’s Battery Park has a whimsical carousel full of spinning, glowing fish.
New York, New York
Delmonico’s Restaurant
Perhaps the most storied New York City eatery, Delmonico’s reshaped American restaurants.
New York, New York
Russian and Turkish Baths Cafe
Have a steam and some blini at this cafe in a century-old bathhouse.
New York, New York
The Oldest Fence in New York
Built hundreds of years ago this downtown iron barrier once protected a much despised king.
New York, New York
Kenka
Make a tough dinner decision: Octopus wasabi roulette or bull penis?
New York, New York
Jean-Michel Basquiat Commemorative Plaque
The artist and New York City icon lived, worked and died in this converted carriage house owned by another iconic artist, Andy Warhol.
New York, New York
41 Cooper Square
This exemplar of modernist architecture is meant to captivate and inspire students of the Cooper Union.
New York, New York
'Dreams of Hyperion'
A unique collection of figures perform down the facade of the Gene Frankel Theatre.
New York, New York
Dream House
La Monte Young and Marian Zazeela's "Dream House" will immerse you in an ever changing world of sound and light.
Permanently Closed
New York, New York
The Evolution Store
A terrific purveyor of natural history objects and curios.
New York, New York
Union Square Metronome
The most confusing clock in New York.
