Alexandria, Virginia
Hollensbury Spite House
The narrowest house in America is seven feet of pure spite.
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Places I want to go
Places on this traveler's wishlist.
Washington, D.C.
The Preamble in License Plates
The preamble to the U.S. Constitution written entirely from vanity license plates hangs in the Smithsonian museum.
Washington, D.C.
Boy Scout Memorial
The innocent intentions of this monument are somewhat lost in the sculpture's muscled imagery.
Washington, D.C.
Zero Milestone
A monument in Washington D.C. marks the spot from which all other roads were supposed to stem.
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.
New York, New York
United Nations Delegates Lounge
What happens here stays here – unless it affects the whole world.
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
Citigroup Center Stilts
If it hadn't been caught in time, a flaw in the design of this Manhattan skyscraper could have led to its collapse.
New York, New York
6 1/2 Avenue: Manhattan’s Secret Street
Tucked away amidst some of the most famous addresses in the world is New York’s only fraction of a street.
New York, New York
The Manhattan Eruv
This nearly invisible wire transforms much of the city into one big, symbolic home on the holy day.
New York, New York
Stickball Hall of Fame
Depression-era fun lives on in this Harlem museum dedicated to the sport of the street.
New York, New York
Long Lines Building
An uber-secure, windowless tower of doom in the center of Manhattan is an NSA spyscraper.
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.
New York, New York
New York Federal Gold Vault
More gold than anywhere else, ever.
Rochester, New York
The Dr. Seussophone
A Seussian sculpture made of brass instruments.
Romulus, New York
Seneca White Deer
World's largest herd of white deer populate a former U.S. Army depot.
Fayetteville, New York
Green Lakes State Park
Surprisingly aquamarine waters fill deep lakes formed at the end of the last ice age.
Oneida, New York
Oneida Community Mansion House
The shared home of a utopian commune that practiced "free love" a century before the hippies.
Albany, New York
The First Shaker Village
The first American home of the isolated, egalitarian religion has a trove of Shaker architecture and artifacts.
Saranac Lake, New York
Saranac Lake 'Cure Cottages'
Dozens of houses in the Adirondack Mountains are reminders of a literal "cottage industry" to cure people of a deadly disease.
Lake Placid, New York
John Brown's Farm
It wouldn't be long after purchasing this farm, Brown would lead his siege on Harper's Ferry.
Keene Valley, New York
Lake Tear of the Clouds
Teddy Roosevelt’s famous “midnight ride to the presidency" started at this small lake high up in the Adirondacks.
Keene Valley, New York
Mount Marcy
The summit Roosevelt conquered before he descended to become The Chief.
Lake George, New York
Lake George Mystery Spot
A mysterious echo seems to defy the laws of acoustics.
