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Tim Stafford

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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.
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Bandalier National Monument

Los Alamos, New Mexico

Bandelier National Monument

A small metropolis of Pueblo cave dwellings have been carved right into the hillside of this national monument.

Palace of the Governors

Santa Fe, New Mexico

Palace of the Governors

The oldest continuously occupied public building in the United States.

La Conquistadora, Our Lady of Conquering Love

Santa Fe, New Mexico

La Conquistadora, Our Lady of Conquering Love

A small side chapel in Santa Fe's basilica is home to the oldest statute of the Virgin Mary in North America.

Kind of hard to find, look behind the fence amongst the ceramic chili peppers.

Santa Fe, New Mexico

109 East Palace

This innocuous New Mexico storefront was once the secret jump-off spot for Manhattan Project scientists.

Chill forest

Santa Fe, New Mexico

House of Eternal Return

An immersive environment that is part haunted house, part choose-your-own-adventure, and part jungle gym.

 Ego’s Karaoke Bar

Austin, Texas

Ego’s Karaoke Bar

Austin’s beloved dive bar and karaoke headquarters where relaxed drinks and high-energy singalongs have defined nights on South Congress for decades

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2 Celled Jail

Gardner, Illinois

2 Celled Jail

This tiny historic jail along Route 66 is the perfect fit for exactly one criminal and their partner-in-crime.

Statue

Bloomington, Illinois

Charles "Old Hoss" Radbourn's Grave

A giant wooden statue of one of the greatest pitchers in 19th-century baseball.

The carved tree trunk.

Bloomington, Illinois

Dorothy's Grave

The carved remains of a 200-year-old oak tree memorialize the namesake of the iconic "Wizard of Oz" character.

Music Box Theatre

Chicago, Illinois

Music Box Theatre

A historic 1929 art-house cinema that features independent, classic, cult, and foreign films in an atmospheric setting.

Entrance to the museum

Chicago, Illinois

McCormick Bridgehouse & Chicago River Museum

The only Chicago bridgehouse open to the public contains a museum devoted to the Chicago River.

One of the tile sticker designs slowly peeling off the wall.

New York, New York

Times Square Station Fake Tiles

Fake subway tiles were installed to cover a design that resembled the Confederate flag—it's unclear if the resemblance was intentional.

Times Square Ball from Above

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.

The Beaux-Arts exterior.

New York, New York

Bryant Park Bathroom

The fanciest public restroom in New York City boasts fresh flowers, art, and a classical music soundtrack.

Wendel house plaque

New York, New York

The Wendel House

The former home of the reclusive "Weird Wendels" who dominated New York real estate a century before Donald Trump.

A relic box is laid in the cornerstone

New York, New York

The General Worth Monument

This monument to a veteran of the Mexican-American War is one of only two in Manhattan that serve as an actual mausoleum.

Inside 41 Cooper Square

New York, New York

41 Cooper Square

This exemplar of modernist architecture is meant to captivate and inspire students of the Cooper Union.

Slocum Memorial Fountain

New York, New York

Slocum Memorial Fountain

Monument to a forgotten NYC disaster that claimed the lives of 1,000.

Detail - Evelyn Nesbit.

New York, New York

‘The Gilded Lady’

A vibrant, 100-foot-tall mural dedicated to Evelyn Nesbit, the tragic icon of the Gilded Age.

The Statue of Roscoe Conkling

New York, New York

The Statue of Roscoe Conkling

A 19th-century politician who died after walking home in a blizzard is honored with this Manhattan statue.

Second Cemetery of the Congregation Shearith Israel

New York, New York

Second Cemetery of the Congregation Shearith Israel

New York's unstoppable progress turned this cemetery into the smallest burial ground in the city.

Signs.

New York, New York

Gay Street

An aptly-named street near the birthplace of the modern LGBT rights movement.

The store responsible for Broome Street's title

New York, New York

284 Broome Street

The competition: breathe deeply as long as you can.

The Former New Brighton Athletic Club

New York, New York

The Former New Brighton Athletic Club

These historic buildings once housed the headquarters of one of the most infamous gangs of New York.

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