San Francisco, California
Hang Ah Tea Room
The oldest dim sum restaurant in the United States is a nostalgic jewel.
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Places I've been
Places this traveler has marked as been there.
San Francisco, California
Musée Mécanique
A collection of 20th-century automata, penny arcade games, and musical contraptions.
Berlin, Germany
Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe
Thousands of coffin-like pillars make up this controversial Holocaust memorial.
Berlin, Germany
The DDR Museum
A fascinating insight into daily life in the Eastern Bloc.
Frankfurt, Germany
Fleming's Hotel Paternoster Lift
A rare chance to ride one of the few continuous elevators still in operation.
San Francisco, California
The Pirate Supply Store at 826 Valencia
An essential stop before plundering, BYO Cutlass.
San Francisco, California
Paxton Gate
A shop full of natural curiosities, carnivorous plants, and costumed taxidermied mice.
San Francisco, California
Church of 8 Wheels
This 19th-century church is now a popular roller rink.
New York, New York
Gimbel's Bridge
A three-story copper skybridge connects two Manhattan buildings with Art Deco luxury.
New York, New York
Lenin Statue at Red Square
Salute the leader of the proletariat.
Permanently Closed
Washington, D.C.
Riggs Bank
The bank that helped fund the Mexican-American War and the purchase of Alaska met its downfall after helping Augusto Pinochet launder money.
