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Tim Stafford

Tim Stafford is a poet, storyteller, and educator from Lyons, IL. He is the author of the poetry book, "The Patron Saint of Making Curfew" published by Haymarket Books and he writes the travel blog "Second and Below". His work has appeared on HBO Def Poetry Jam and in numerous anthologies. He appears regularly at literature festivals across the US and Europe including the 2010 Zurich Poetry Slam Invitational, 2011 German National Poetry Slam in Hamburg, 2014 Woerdz Festival in Luzern, Switzerland, and the 2015 International Spoken Word Festival in Kiel, Germany.

www.timstaffordwrites.com

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Vancouver, British Columbia

Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden

Traditional 15th century Chinese garden in the middle of Vancouver.

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Chicago, Illinois

Livonian Wolves at the Leaping Wall

permanently closed

In one Chicago park, a trio of werewolves are waiting to devour their fallen brethren.

Jeff Wagg

Added by Jeff Wagg

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.

Rebekah Otto

Added by Rebekah Otto

Brooklyn, New York

Abolitionist Place

This block in downtown Brooklyn was a hotbed of antislavery activism along the Underground Railroad.

Michael Inscoe

Added by Michael Inscoe

Chicago, Illinois

Site of Eugene Sawyer's “Inauguration”

Parking lot where a Chicago mayor was inaugurated under very sketchy circumstances.

Chicago, Illinois

World Artifacts on the Tribune Tower Walls

Fragments of architectural wonders from around the globe are embedded in the newspaper building's walls.

stevenhenryatx

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Chicago, Illinois

Heald Square Monument's Statue of Liberty

The iconic Chicago sculpture hides a beautiful and easily overlooked plaque on the backside.

Added by rossfishman123

Denali National Park and Preserve, Alaska

Denali

The king of U.S. high points towers over every other peak on the continent.

thomasharper

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Brooklyn, New York

The Dime Savings Bank of Brooklyn

While it now takes more than a dime to open an account this historic Brooklyn bank still displays the opulence of the gilded age in which it was built.

Luke J Spencer

Added by Luke J Spencer

Brooklyn, New York

Sunny's Bar

Once a popular watering hole among longshoremen and shipyard workers, this neighborhood treasure spans more than 100 years of Red Hook history.

Leslie McIntyre

Added by Leslie McIntyre

Brooklyn, New York

Louis Valentino Jr. Park and Pier

Take in a rare, face-to-face glimpse of Lady Liberty at this tucked away Red Hook park.

New York, New York

Houston Bowery Art Wall

This wall on a street corner in Lower Manhattan has been a blank canvas for a rotation of renowned artists since the 1980s.

lampbane

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New York, New York

190 Bowery

The greatest real estate coup of all time.

Hannah Frishberg

Added by Hannah Frishberg

Tulsa, Oklahoma

The Center of the Universe

An acoustic anomaly with a mysterious cause.

Queens, New York

The Abandoned Rockaway Beach Branch of the Long Island Railroad

A once crucial portion of the Long Island railroad still lays abandoned, waiting to be turned into an urban park.

Luke J Spencer

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Queens, New York

Gottscheer Hall

This Queens beer hall preserves a German culture and language that is all but lost.

Angela Meiquan Wang

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Lübeck, Germany

The Broken Bells of St. Mary's

The bells remain in a shattered heap exactly as they fell when the church was bombed in World War II.

Tim Stafford

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Memphis, Tennessee

The Jungle Room at Graceland

Elvis's own personal tropical hideaway.

Molly McBride Jacobson

Added by Molly McBride Jacobson

Lübeck, Germany

The Devil's Stone

A statue honors the local legend that the devil helped build St. Mary's church after being tricked into thinking it was going to be a wine bar.

Tim Stafford

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Maywood, Illinois

Underground Railroad Memorial at McDonald's

A plaque marks a former safe house on the secret route, now hidden next to a McDonald's.

lewblank

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Chicago, Illinois

S.S. Eastland Memorial

This memorial plaque remembers a strangely shallow maritime disaster known as "Chicago's Titanic."

Sarah Blake

Added by Sarah Blake

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

The Golden Gal of Old Madison Square Garden

Golden and naked, the figure that was once the highest point in New York is all that remains of the second Madison Square Garden.

Luke J Spencer

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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Rocky Statue

josephwbeck

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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Mütter Museum

America's most famous museum of medical oddities is home to the remains of Albert Einstein's brain.

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