New York, New York
Staple Street Skybridge
Imagine having a street run right through your home, or better yet, a historic bridge three stories high.
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Places I've been
Places this traveler has marked as been there.
New York, New York
The Old McGraw-Hill Building
Captain America, Sub-Mariner, and the Human Torch were all born in this art deco Manhattan masterpiece.
New York, New York
The Little Church Around the Corner
This Fifth Avenue church has long been the favored worshiping place of Broadway actors and vaudeville performers.
New York, New York
The Players
A posh members-only club with a literally dramatic history.
New York, New York
Giant Needle and Button
There must be a pun in this haystack somewhere...
New York, New York
Broadway Flea Market
An annual extravaganza of Broadway theater memorabilia.
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.
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
REACH: New York
Hidden in plain sight on a pair of Manhattan subway tunnels are a pair of public instruments that sing to each other.
New York, New York
Tom's Restaurant
The "Seinfeld" diner.
Amesbury, England
Stonehenge
Famously misunderstood wonder of the ancient world
New York, New York
The High Line
Elevated freight railway turned wildly successful urban park.
Paris, France
Catacombes de Paris
The vast, legendary catacombs hold secrets much stranger than stacked bones.
Osaka, Japan
Maishima Incineration Plant
This whimsical garbage disposal facility receives around 12,000 accidental tourists each year.
Osaka, Japan
Gate Tower Building
The Hanshin Expressway goes right through its 5th, 6th, and 7th floors.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Monongahela Incline
The United States’s oldest funicular railway glides up and down a steep Pittsburgh street.
Cleveland, Ohio
‘A Christmas Story’ House and Museum
The home made famous by the 1983 holiday classic is now a perfectly preserved shrine to the movie.
New Orleans, Louisiana
Musical Legends Park
A small park on Bourbon Street features life-size bronze statues of New Orleans musicians.
New Orleans, Louisiana
Marie Laveau's House of Voodoo
A museum and shop on Bourbon Street located in the French Quarter.
New Orleans, Louisiana
Jean Lafitte's Old Absinthe House
A 200-year-old bar in the historic French Quarter refuses to give up its place in history, nor its role in securing ours.
Kyoto, Japan
Tenryu-Ji Shrine's Bamboo Trail
A beautiful bamboo trail tucked in this famous Japanese shrine.
Kyoto, Japan
Fushimi Inari-taisha Shrine
The 10,000 Torii shrine.
Kyoto, Japan
Sagano Bamboo Forest
The sound of swaying stalks in this stunning grove has been named a governmentally recognized sound.
Little Rock, Arkansas
H.U. Lee International Gate and Garden
A beautiful South Korean gate and garden in Little Rock honors American Taekwondo.
