New York, New York
Sidewalk Subway Map
Plot your trip through the city on the sidewalk.
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Places I've been
Places this traveler has marked as been there.
New York, New York
The Village Gate Sign
The former sign of this immortal music venue is just that--undying.
New York, New York
Second Cemetery of the Congregation Shearith Israel
New York's unstoppable progress turned this cemetery into the smallest burial ground in the city.
New York, New York
Stationary Figures Mosaics
Stunningly detailed mosaics in a New York subway station bring life to the Weimaraners of artist William Wegman's work—and to thousands of commutes.
New York, New York
The Jane Hotel
This historic building housed the surviving crew members of the Titanic, who were left destitute after the wreck.
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
Delmonico's Pompeii Columns
Possible relics of the ancient Roman city are hidden in this restaurant's façade.
Florence, Italy
Medici Hall of Maps (Sala delle Carte Geografiche)
Over 50 exquisite hand-painted Renaissance maps decorate a Medici storage room.
Florence, Italy
Fresco of John Hawkwood
In Florence's great Duomo, a 26 foot fresco honors a mercenary famous for attacking Florence.
Salamanca, Spain
Casa de las Conchas
The facade of this 16th-century building is decorated with carvings of 300 seashells.
Salamanca, Spain
Cave of Salamanca
A hidden medieval crypt where a famous legend says the devil used to teach black magic.
New Shoreham, Rhode Island
Southeast Lighthouse
An architecturally unique lighthouse that had to be lifted up and moved to avoid falling in the sea.
Inverness, California
Point Reyes Lighthouse
The lighthouse central to the 1980s horror classic "The Fog" is, in fact, located in one of the foggiest areas of the Pacific Coast.
Sausalito, California
Marin Headlands
Concrete strongholds stand guard over the Golden Gate.
San Francisco, California
Three Gems
A hidden subterranean installation offers a view of the sky.
San Francisco, California
Drawn Stone
Art in the form of a winding, man made crack in stone.
San Francisco, California
Site of the 1894 California Midwinter International Exposition
San Francisco's first World's Fair, dedicated to the wonders of California.
San Francisco, California
Spreckels Temple of Music
An elaborate gift from Claus Spreckels is now a piece of San Francisco history.
Pescadero, California
Pigeon Point Lighthouse
A New England-style lighthouse along California's beautiful Highway 1 gets a re-do.
Atlanta, Georgia
Folk Art Park
A psychedelic tribute to one of Georgia's most unique artistic visionaries, out of place and time in the heart of Atlanta.
Charleston, South Carolina
Robert Smalls Memorial
This small memorial is almost as well concealed as Smalls himself was on the night he sailed to freedom.
Washington, D.C.
Roman Legionnaire Modesty Shields
Railroad officials in the early 1900s sought to spare travelers the sight of Roman soldiers’ private parts.
Washington, D.C.
Rayburn House Office Building
One critic described it as "middle Mussolini, early Ramses, and late Neiman-Marcus." Another called it an architectural "natural disaster."
Washington, D.C.
The Throne of the Third Heaven of the Nations' Millennium General Assembly
Light bulbs, scrap wood, and tinfoil comprise this homemade throne of the gods.
