New York, New York
The Daily News Building Globe
Spinning silently in the lobby of an Art Deco masterwork is a massive vintage model of the Earth.
Places I've been
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New York, New York
Spinning silently in the lobby of an Art Deco masterwork is a massive vintage model of the Earth.
Greenport, New York
A large camera obscura, constructed entirely from digitally fabricated components.
Staten Island, New York
Once America's longest-manned military fort, now an abandoned hulk.
Highlands, New Jersey
Rusting away on the edge of New Jersey are the remains of a Cold War missile launch site.
Islamorada, Florida
This spiny beast guards an artist's village while vying for the title of largest lobster in the world.
Key Biscayne, Florida
An abandoned water sports stadium that has become a haven for graffiti and decay.
Milan, Italy
The mark of the Devil's horns on a marble column in Milan.
Rome, Italy
This ritzy Italian market is built around a statue of an unforgiven heretic who was burned for his belief in an endless universe.
London, England
The popularity of Sherlock Holmes led to the creation of his fictional address, turning the orderly London street numbers askew.
Grangemouth, Scotland
The heads of two giant mythological water horses honor Scotland's horselord past.
Glasgow, Scotland
This stately monument has been wearing a traffic cone hat for decades much to the delight of the locals.
Bushmills, Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland's Brobdingnagian stepping stones.
Kilkenny, Ireland
This ancient Irish religious site is covered in ancient carvings, many of which have barely aged.
Sleepy Hollow, New York
Oldest existing church in New York and the inspiration for Washington Irving's "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow."
Dobbs Ferry, New York
This once-grand marvel of engineering is now 41 miles of scenic hiking trail.
Bronx, New York
Small monoliths of several varieties of stone sit alongside a wooded path in the Bronx.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Dr Barnes' $25 billion private collection of art and arboretum.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Golden and naked, the figure that was once the highest point in New York is all that remains of the second Madison Square Garden.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
A layered tribute to the work of mosaicist Isaiah Zagar.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
An Irish Memorial commemorating those who perished due to potato blight.
Coral Gables, Florida
This historical swimming pool near Miami is emptied and refilled each day with naturally filtered water.
New York, New York
There must be a pun in this haystack somewhere...
Bronx, New York
The end of the 4 Line is also the end of the line for 300,000 souls in one of NYC's most illustrious cemeteries.
Brooklyn, New York
The longest continuous underwater road in North America was built at the insistence of Franklin Roosevelt.