New York, New York
Timbuktu Islamic Center Food Vendors
These small stands sell Malian snacks to worshippers and passersby after Friday prayers in Harlem.
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Places I've been
Places this traveler has marked as been there.
Scranton, Pennsylvania
Lackawanna Coal Mine
Board a mine car and descend the #190 slope 300 feet underground into the Clark Vein of coal.
New York, New York
Grand Central Oyster Bar
This subterranean oyster house has been the pearl of Grand Central Station since 1913.
New York, New York
United Nations Delegates Lounge
What happens here stays here – unless it affects the whole world.
New York, New York
C-Squat
A notorious punk house turned co-op.
New York, New York
Giant Needle and Button
There must be a pun in this haystack somewhere...
New York, New York
Pneumatic System of the New York Public Library
One of the last few places in Manhattan that employed a pneumatic systemic keeps it on display.
Bronx, New York
Fordham Cemetery
A small graveyard is hidden in the midst of a bustling university campus.
Bronx, New York
William Spain Seismic Observatory
An unassuming stone building houses New York City's oldest seismic station almost 30 feet below the Bronx.
New York, New York
Audubon Mural Project
Walking around West Harlem reveals a scavenger hunt of beautiful bird murals.
New York, New York
Kenka
Make a tough dinner decision: Octopus wasabi roulette or bull penis?
New York, New York
Holiday Nostalgia Train
During the holidays, a vintage subway train whisks New Yorkers back in time.
Yonkers, New York
The Science Barge
Self-sufficient greenhouse floating on the Hudson River.
New York, New York
Crabs of Cleopatra’s Needle
Curious crustaceans support an obelisk from ancient Egypt that now stands in modern-day Central Park.
New York, New York
Henry Bliss Plaque
A memorial to the first person killed by a motor vehicle in the Western Hemisphere.
New York, New York
Long Lines Building
An uber-secure, windowless tower of doom in the center of Manhattan is an NSA spyscraper.
Bronx, New York
Banana Ripening Facility
Despite not growing anywhere near New York City, bananas are ripened in a pressurized room in the Bronx using precise banana science.
Bronx, New York
Teitel Brothers
The mosaic Star of David at the front of this store hints that it's no ordinary Italian grocer.
Bronx, New York
Cafe al Mercato
Seriously good slices of Sicilian pizza lurk at the back of the Bronx's oldest enclosed market.
New York, New York
U.N. Delegates Dining Room
You don't have to be an ambassador to dine like one.
New York, New York
Radio City Music Hall's Secret Apartment
Built as a gift to the hottest tastemaker of the time, these hidden quarters remain an Art Deco showpiece.
New York, New York
Site of Columbia University's Nuclear Reactor
This was one of the first (and last) university-built and operated nuclear reactors.
New York, New York
Survivor Tree
The last living thing to come out of the rubble after 9/11 is now a symbol of hope and resilience.
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.
