Brooklyn, New York
Pratt's Steam Whistle Christmas
Steam out your ears for New Year's Eve.
Places I've been
Places this traveler has marked as been there.
Brooklyn, New York
Steam out your ears for New Year's Eve.
Brooklyn, New York
Four cars from the old system were once on display, but were removed in 2014.
New York, New York
A Natural History and Science Emporium.
Staten Island, New York
Eccentric stone cairns built on a public New York City beach.
Brooklyn, New York
A massive art collective tries a new take on Brooklyn's DIY music scene—by making it fully legal.
Queens, New York
A graffiti Mecca welcoming artists from around the world.
New York, New York
Some of the best Persian food in New York comes from the front window of an unassuming pizza shop.
New York, New York
NYC's legendary underground network for bovine transportation.
Brooklyn, New York
The site of a fallen tree that protected Americans from British forces during the American Revolution.
New York, New York
An eerie diorama that captures the majestic nature of a few prehistoric-looking beasts.
New York, New York
This taxidermy scene brings the struggle for survival in the Indian jungle to a quiet corner of a Manhattan museum.
New York, New York
This poignant display is now a memorial to these regionally extinct species.
New York, New York
One of the most dazzling dioramas at the American Museum of Natural History is also one of the oldest.
Brooklyn, New York
Neoclassical bank designed by NY architects Helmle & Huberty.
New York, New York
Creating this diorama spurred naturalist Carl Akeley to begin advocating to protect the apes.
New York, New York
This morbid scene depicts the Darwinian drama of death on the African savannah.
New York, New York
This impressive scene portrays the elusive forest giraffe of Central Africa.
Brooklyn, New York
The highest rapid transit station in the world.
Brooklyn, New York
Once a ferry dock, radio transmitter, and now a new Greenpoint park.
Brooklyn, New York
A retired oil tanker now offering amazing views of New York City.
Queens, New York
A drawbridge named for a potentially intersex Polish national who fought alongside George Washington during the American Revolution, and an example of "Pulaski Red".
New York, New York
This magnificent herd of stampeding elephants has been frozen in time for over a century.
Brooklyn, New York
This metal eagle one of the final remnants of a newspaper that wanted to keep Brooklyn to Brooklyn.
Brooklyn, New York
This beautiful Brooklyn monument over a crypt memorializes a grim and largely unknown story from the American Revolution.