Brooklyn, New York
Red Hook Houses
One of the largest public housing complexes in New York once visited by Eleanor Roosevelt.
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Places I've been
Places this traveler has marked as been there.
New York, New York
Lichtenstein Subway Mural
A dazzling work by a Pop art legend hangs in one of the world’s busiest subway stations.
New York, New York
Libyan Desert Diorama
This poignant display is now a memorial to these regionally extinct species.
New York, New York
14th Street-Union Square Moving Platforms
The only subway station in the city that still makes use of gap fillers.
Brooklyn, New York
The Cyclone
A wooden rollercoaster that still delivers a thrill.
New York, New York
Central Park Boathouse
With a history dating back to Victorian times, this architectural gem is a rare New York tourist haunt worth visiting.
Brooklyn, New York
Smith-9 Street Station
The highest rapid transit station in the world.
New York, New York
'Dwellings' at the Breuer Building
This miniature village stays behind in the Breuer Building, even as the museums around it come and go.
New York, New York
WTC Station 'E' Subway Entrance
A remnant of the original World Trade Center complex continues to serve as a commuter gateway.
Brooklyn, New York
Hoyt-Schermerhorn Subway Station
Michael Jackson got Bad and Crocodile Dundee walked on heads in this iconic Brooklyn subway station.
Queens, New York
Socrates Sculpture Park
This outdoor gallery of sculptures along the East River was once a landfill.
New York, New York
Gay Street
An aptly-named street near the birthplace of the modern LGBT rights movement.
New York, New York
The Weathermen Townhouse Explosion
A strangely angled West Village home is the only monument to an explosion that took the lives of three American revolutionaries.
New York, New York
Electric Lady Studios
Jimi Hendrix's legendary recording studio in Greenwich Village.
New York, New York
Grand Central Ceiling Dark Patch
A dark patch of the ceiling at Grand Central Terminal which was not restored is still stained brown by tobacco.
New York, New York
'Life Underground' Sculptures
An artist's cute bronze subway sculptures belie his violent artistic past.
New York, New York
The Hangman's Elm
The oldest living tree in Manhattan comes shrouded in sinister legend.
New York, New York
Abandoned 18th Street Subway Station
This abandoned subway station can still be seen on regular commuter trips.
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
Long Lines Building
An uber-secure, windowless tower of doom in the center of Manhattan is an NSA spyscraper.
New York, New York
Hess Triangle
New York City's smallest piece of private property.
New York, New York
Alice in Wonderland Statue
This whimsical group of statues is a favorite of children who love to climb all over Lewis Carroll's beloved characters.
Hot Springs, North Carolina
Paint Rock
North Carolina's finest examples of Native American pictographs have survived for 5,000 years.
Washington, D.C.
'Ginevra de’ Benci' Portrait
The only Leonardo Da Vinci painting in the Western Hemisphere.
