Places Edited by wherearewedude

Final resting place of the immigrant who brought artificial seltzer water to America.

An activist who committed her life to peace and women's suffrage.

A monument stands to the famous suffragist who penned the declaration for women's equal rights, including the right to vote.

A Victorian cemetery in the heart of Brooklyn remains a popular mecca of morbid curiosity.

A dark patch of the ceiling at Grand Central Terminal which was not restored is still stained brown by tobacco.

A Yiddish theater turned movie house turned rock and roll landmark turned gay disco turned bank.

One of the most enjoyable bits of history at Coney Island and “the most romantic ride in the world.”

The first and only carousel with a lineup entirely of insects.

This neo-Gothic former auto showroom is one of the few remaining reminders of Brooklyn's "Automobile Row."

The oldest living tree in Manhattan comes shrouded in sinister legend.

This enormous Hindu temple in Queens serves incredible dosas in its basement canteen.

A remnant from the golden age of aviation still in use today, Pan Am's Clipper service took off from this Art Deco gem.

Manhattan’s Battery Park has a whimsical carousel full of spinning, glowing fish.

Some of the earliest burial grounds of New York State are to be found hidden away in this quaint town.

Practice your Dirty Dancing lifts in the manmade lake where Johnny Castle himself did.

This stone gatehouse was once the entrance to a historic mountain resort, and it had a cameo in a cheesy cult horror movie.

A working monastery hidden away in Brooklyn once abutted the location of a former inebriate's home.

The one-time epicenter of American songwriting is now a little remembered Manhattan commercial block.

This metal eagle one of the final remnants of a newspaper that wanted to keep Brooklyn to Brooklyn.

This outdoor gallery of graffiti-covered walls pays homage to the past, present, and possible future of street art.

The only remaining building in New York to see the inauguration of a president is being slowly overtaken by a grocery store.

This small New York museum celebrates the mountainous artwork of a Russian mystic.

This ancient octopus-like tree was saved from destruction thanks to shady reporting.

Manhattan and the Bronx have been playing tug-of-war over this former island neighborhood for more than a century.