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Doylestown, Pennsylvania

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Key West, Florida

Bunker At Cape May Point

Cape May, New Jersey

Storm King Art Center

New Windsor, NY

Life Underground Sculptures

New York City, New York

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New York City, New York

Greenwich Locksmith

New York City, New York

Broken Angel

Brooklyn, New York

Wyckoff Street Mosaic

Brooklyn, New York

Strawberry Fields Memorial

New York, NY

Newtown Creek Nature Walk

Brooklyn, New York

The Peace Fountain at Cathedral of St. John the Divine

New York

Pip Ivan Observatory

Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine

Jeffrey's Hook Light

New York, New York

Wall Street Bombing Scars

New York City, New York

5 Pointz

Long Island City, NY

Odessa Catacombs

Odessa, Ukraine

Brooklyn Old Trolley Cars

Brooklyn, New York

Crabs of Cleopatra’s Needle

New York City, New York

Meserole Theatre

Brooklyn, New York

Standing wave at Habitat '67, Montreal

Montreal, Canada

Roosevelt Island Smallpox Hospital

New York, New York

Titanic Memorial

Manhattan, New York

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I have been to 23 places and want to visit 8 more!

Mercer Museum and Fonthill Castle

Doylestown, Pennsylvania

Storm King Art Center

New Windsor, NY

Life Underground Sculptures

New York City, New York

Pip Ivan Observatory

Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine

5 Pointz

Long Island City, NY

Brooklyn Old Trolley Cars

Brooklyn, New York

Standing wave at Habitat '67, Montreal

Montreal, Canada

Titanic Memorial

Manhattan, New York

I have been to 23 places and want to visit 8 more!

Mercer Museum and Fonthill Castle

Doylestown, Pennsylvania

Bunker At Cape May Point

Cape May, New Jersey

Storm King Art Center

New Windsor, NY

New York Marble Cemetery

New York City, New York

Strawberry Fields Memorial

New York, NY

Pip Ivan Observatory

Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine

Private Passage

New York, New York

Jeffrey's Hook Light

New York, New York

5 Pointz

Long Island City, NY

The Noguchi Museum

Queens, New York

Brooklyn Old Trolley Cars

Brooklyn, New York

Crabs of Cleopatra’s Needle

New York City, New York

The Colgate Clock

Jersey City, New Jersey

Underwater Museum at Cape Tarkhankut

Mayak, Ukraine

Roosevelt Island Smallpox Hospital

New York, New York

I have been to 23 places and want to visit 8 more!

Bunker At Cape May Point

Cape May, New Jersey

Storm King Art Center

New Windsor, NY

Wyckoff Street Mosaic

Brooklyn, New York

Strawberry Fields Memorial

New York, NY

Pip Ivan Observatory

Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine

Private Passage

New York, New York

5 Pointz

Long Island City, NY

The Noguchi Museum

Queens, New York

Brooklyn Old Trolley Cars

Brooklyn, New York

Crabs of Cleopatra’s Needle

New York City, New York

Women's Federation Monument

Closter, New Jersey

Underwater Museum at Cape Tarkhankut

Mayak, Ukraine

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