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Budapest, Hungary
Timewheel
Possibly the world's largest hourglass only needs to be reset every New Year's Eve.
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Places I've been
Places this traveler has marked as been there.
Wilmette, Illinois
Bahá'í Temple
The only Bahá'í house of worship in North America and one of only a handful worldwide.
New York, New York
Paley Park
A small peaceful park and waterfall tucked amid the urban grind of Midtown Manhattan.
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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
SS United States
The fastest transatlantic ocean liner sat abandoned in a Philadelphia shipyard for decades.
New York, New York
The Remnants of Tin Pan Alley
The one-time epicenter of American songwriting is now a little remembered Manhattan commercial block.
Brooklyn, New York
Brooklyn's Converted Pencil Factory
Constructed in the 1920s, this former pencil factory is now an office building.
New York, New York
Museum of Sex
A semi-scholarly approach to sex.
New York, New York
C. O. Bigelow Apothecary
The oldest operating apothecary in the US has treated everyone from Thomas Edison to Mark Twain.
New York, New York
284 Broome Street
The competition: breathe deeply as long as you can.
Brooklyn, New York
India Street Pier
The return of something once considered a basic part of life.
New York, New York
190 Bowery
The greatest real estate coup of all time.
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
Yonah Schimmel's Knish Bakery
Love, knishes, and best wishes from this legendary Lower East Side bakery.
New York, New York
Jean-Michel Basquiat Commemorative Plaque
The artist and New York City icon lived, worked and died in this converted carriage house owned by another iconic artist, Andy Warhol.
New York, New York
Relics of the IRT 14th Street-Union Square Subway Local Platform
Red frames showcase remnants of one of New York's original subway stations.
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
New York Marble Cemetery
A hidden "place of interment for gentlemen."
New York, New York
Tammany Hall
The notorious headquarters of a corrupt political machine.
New York, New York
The Players
A posh members-only club with a literally dramatic history.
New York, New York
The "Irving House"
Nope, not Washington Irving's house.
New York, New York
Lenin Statue at Red Square
Salute the leader of the proletariat.
New York, New York
Please Don't Tell
Dodge prohibitionists and slide through the telephone booth in Crif Dogs.
New York, New York
Hare Krishna Tree
One of the few remaining American elm trees in New York’s Tompkins Square Park was the birthplace of a new religion.
New York, New York
La Plaza Cultural
This former crime corner has been turned into an eclectic community center.
