Stelvio, Italy
Stelvio Pass
One of the highest mountain passes in Europe has been ranked among the best driving roads in the world.
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Places I've been
Places this traveler has marked as been there.
Venice, Italy
Church of San Giacomo di Rialto
According to tradition this is the oldest church in Venice, but its actual age is a mystery.
Venice, Italy
St. Mark's Lost Third Column
Two stone columns flank the grand Venice square, but there were supposed to be three.
Venice, Italy
Piraeus Lion
Thousand-year-old Viking runes adorn an ancient Greek lion at the entrance to the Venetian Arsenal.
Venice, Italy
Palazzo Dario
Those who own or stay at this 500-year-old, allegedly cursed house often meet terrible fates.
Venice, Italy
Tomb of Antonio Canova
A sinister pyramid in the Frari contains the heart of the famous neoclassical sculptor.
Venice, Italy
Scala Contarini del Bovolo
This palatial spiral staircase was so unusual the name "snail" was given to the noble family who built it.
Venice, Italy
St. Mark's Clock Tower (Torre dell'Orologio)
Go inside to really appreciate this 500-year-old technological masterpiece.
Youngstown, New York
Old Fort Niagara
This historic fort spans more the 300 years.
Brooklyn, New York
New York Dock Co. buildings
Two monstrous warehouses. One now holds priceless works of art, the other stands abandoned and dilapidated.
Queens, New York
Phil-Am Foods
Snack on a partially gestated duck egg.
New York, New York
Physical Graffiti Building
The East Village tenement from the cover of Led Zeppelin’s 1975 album has a tea shop on the ground floor.
New York, New York
Saint Vartan Armenian Cathedral
A replica of a 7th-century church hides in plain sight in the middle of the concrete jungle.
New York, New York
The Standard Oil Building
This curved Manhattan building was built to house the opulence of John D. Rockefeller's oil empire.
Brooklyn, New York
Red Hook Grain Terminal
The most unloved grain elevator in Brooklyn was a “Magnificent Mistake.”
Brooklyn, New York
Red Hook Warehouse
A massive forgotten storehouse from 1913 on the Brooklyn Waterfront has a spectacular view of Brooklyn.
New York, New York
Castle Williams
In its day this historic fort held 100 cannons pointed in almost every direction to protect New York.
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.
Queens, New York
Flushing Meadows-Corona Park
The remnants of two World's Fairs are here, complete with a 12-story globe, a mini-Manhattan, and a UFO-shaped pavilion.
New York, New York
Strawberry Fields Memorial
This mosaic dedicated to John Lennon was tended for years by a Beatles super-fan.
New York, New York
Long Lines Building
An uber-secure, windowless tower of doom in the center of Manhattan is an NSA spyscraper.
New York, New York
The Woolworth Building
Once the tallest building in the world and the site of “the highest dinner ever held in New York” this building now holds the most expensive penthouse in the city.
Brooklyn, New York
House of Yes
A band of aerialists and circus performers putting on incredible shows in East Williamsburg.
New York, New York
Fearless Girl Statue
Wall Street has a new heroine, a bronze statue of a small but fierce girl.
