Johnson City, Tennessee
The Last Boone Bear Tree
The last tree on which Pioneer Daniel Boone carved that he "cilled" a bear during his journeys.
1933
Places I've been
Places this traveler has marked as been there.
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Jefferson, Virginia
Stoney Point Railroad
Hop on the train and tour an elaborate miniature town made completely of junk (including the train).
Bristol, Virginia
Hickory
This restaurant is devoted to celebrating Appalachia's cuisine.
Mortimer, North Carolina
Mortimer
A ghost town that was wiped out by a flood in 1940.
Boone, North Carolina
Junaluska
One of the oldest Black communities in western North Carolina and one of the largest Black Mennonite congregations in the country.
New York, New York
Dvořák Room
A small piece of the composer's New York home lives on in the center of Czech culture in Manhattan.
New York, New York
Cherokee Apartments
This Upper East Side apartment co-op was designed as a tuberculosis sanitarium.
New York, New York
Girl Puzzle Monument
An art installation commemorates journalist Nellie Bly's undercover reporting inside a New York asylum.
New York, New York
Roosevelt Island Lighthouse
A little lighthouse in New York City, surrounded by mysterious stories of insanity-driven construction.
New York, New York
Roosevelt Island Octagon Tower
A former insane asylum despised by Nelly Bly and Charles Dickens is now fashionable apartments.
New York, New York
The Marriage of Money and Real Estate
A sculptural commentary on capitalism pokes up from the East River.
New York, New York
Roosevelt Island AVAC System
On this island, you suck away your garbage via an elaborate pneumatic tube system.
New York, New York
Strecker Memorial Laboratory
Site of the first pathological and bacteriological research facility in the United States.
New York, New York
Roosevelt Island Tramway
One of only two commuter aerial tramways in the United States.
New York, New York
Roosevelt Island Cat Sanctuary
The feral felines of Roosevelt Island have a small army of allies and an abandoned hospital all to themselves.
New York, New York
Roosevelt Island Smallpox Hospital Ruins
A crumbling hospital from the 1850s on Roosevelt Island.
New York, New York
U Thant Island
The smallest island in Manhattan is a manmade landfill dominated by a Buddhist peace arch.
New York, New York
African Burial Ground National Monument
This memorial honors thousands of enslaved Africans and their descendants who died in colonial New York.
San Antonio, Texas
Grave of Sandra West and Her Ferrari
In 1977, wealthy socialite Sandra West was buried wearing an elegant white nightdress while reclining comfortably in her powder-blue 1964 Ferrari.
San Antonio, Texas
Grave of Pat the Horse
Soldiers honored the beloved Pat with a special grave.
San Antonio, Texas
Alamo Cat Graves
Two small markers remember the Alamo's feline protectors.
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San Francisco, California
Loved to Death
This shop specializes in oddities and Victorian-inspired wonders.
San Francisco, California
Golden Gate Park Bison
San Francisco's urban bison herd has persisted in the face of extinction, development, and disease.
San Francisco, California
The Wreck of the King Philip
This partially buried wreck is one of the most complete of its kind but is only revealed when the sea allows.
