New York, New York
767 Third Avenue
A Manhattan office building is home to the world’s largest chess board.
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Places I've been
Places this traveler has marked as been there.
New York, New York
Marilyn Monroe’s Subway Grate
This unmarked and unloved Manhattan subway grate created one of the most iconic images in American cinema.
New York, New York
Citigroup Center Stilts
If it hadn't been caught in time, a flaw in the design of this Manhattan skyscraper could have led to its collapse.
Permanently Closed
New York, New York
The Evolution Store
A terrific purveyor of natural history objects and curios.
New York, New York
Hess Triangle
New York City's smallest piece of private property.
New York, New York
Macy's Wooden Escalators
A bit of retro transportation flair preserved in the world's largest department store.
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.
Permanently Closed
New York, New York
Game Boy that Survived a Bombing
Though the case is scorched and the buttons half-melted, this hardy handheld gaming device can still run a game of Tetris.
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.
New York, New York
Giant Needle and Button
There must be a pun in this haystack somewhere...
New York, New York
Paley Park
A small peaceful park and waterfall tucked amid the urban grind of Midtown Manhattan.
Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Old Salem Coffee Pot
This roadside attraction has been serving out its fair share of hearty folklore and chaos since 1858.
Las Cruces, New Mexico
World's Largest Chile Pepper Sculpture
This 47-foot chile pepper sculpture welcomes Scoville heat unit obsessed tourists to the Big Chile Inn.
Mound House, Nevada
VW Beetle Spider
On the side of Highway 50 East, between Carson City and Dayton, Nevada, sits a giant metal spider made from a vintage Volkswagen Beetle.
Corbin, Kentucky
Harland Sanders Cafe and Museum
The first KFC is on the National Register of Historic Places.
Washington, D.C.
Renwick Gallery
The first purpose-built art gallery in the United States is once again open as a center of craft arts.
Washington, D.C.
Zero Milestone
A monument in Washington D.C. marks the spot from which all other roads were supposed to stem.
Washington, D.C.
Washington Stock Exchange Building
D.C. once had its own tiny rival to the New York Stock Exchange.
Washington, D.C.
Inaugural Parade Center Line
A line of blue paint marks the route of the inaugural parade.
Washington, D.C.
George Washington University's River Horse
The hippo that stands on this university campus was once a drunken flea market purchase.
Munich, Germany
Jeweled Skeleton of Saint Munditia
The patron saint of spinsters grasps a container of dried blood.
San Francisco, California
Lotta's Fountain
San Francisco's oldest surviving monument and meeting place for 1906 survivors.
San Francisco, California
Admission Day Monument Octopuses
A pair of mutilated bronze octopuses slump at the base of the monument honoring California's admission to the U.S.
San Francisco, California
Golden Gate Fortune Cookie Factory
One of the oldest producers of hand-folded fortune cookies still uses its original secret recipe.
