New York, the Big Apple, is known as one of the fun capitals of the world where almost anything goes....
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Built in 1872 and known then as the "Blackwell Island Lighthouse", the 15-meters-tall stone lighthouse at the northern tip of...
Probably this is another thing to add to "weird things that happened in 2020" list: a locked safe with a...
Some forty miles from New York, there is a place called Rosemary Farm (or Roland Conklin Estate), a Long Island...
Sitting just off the Staten Island’s poetically named Arthur Kill Road is Kreischer Mansion, a lovely Victorian home that is...
The solitary Execution Rocks Lighthouse in the Long Island Sound guards the way to mansions which inspired The Great Gatsby,...
All we known that March 17 is St Patrick's Day, a cultural and religious holiday celebrated every year in Ireland...
From the listless repose of the place, and the peculiar character of its inhabitants, who are descendants from the original...
The stately Fire Island Lighthouse, on Fire Island's west end, was first opened in 1827 and is a familiar landmark...
There is an old board game, in which someone throws a die at a map, and then dreams traveling wherever...
It seems like every square inch of New York City has been categorized, labeled, and put in more or less...
Elisabeth Cochran Seaman (1864-1922) is probably not a well-known name, although perhaps the pseudonym with which she signed her articles,...
The first New York City subway was built and operated by the Interborough Rapid Transit Company (IRT) and opened on...
That’s true: Batman's hometown wasn't inspired by New York City, but this English village that pretended to be insane. We...
These photos from Pilgrim State Hospital in the late 1930s blended clear-eyed reporting with an almost palpable compassion. The black...
A few minutes’ walk from the Woodstock Village Green, a zone often filled with lively music and art, there is...
Yes. Smashing this pink candy pig with a tiny hammer is a curious Christmas tradition in Saratoga Springs, New York....
At the beginning of the nineteenth century, Santa Claus was still a character to be defined. What could he wear?...
