10 Places to Ski in the NYC Area
While there are over 40 places to ski in the tri-state area, 10 of them are accessible via public transportation from NYC, making for the perfect weekend away.
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10 Fun Things about Austin, TX, Now America’s Most Livable City
Austin does seem to have it all—good schools, great jobs, a diverse economy including booming tech, and fabulous outdoor living. Here are 10 fun things to see.
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From Farmhouse to Art Gallery: An Inside Look at the Mills Pond House on Long Island
Take a look inside the Mills Pond House in the Smithtown Township on Long Island, a grand farm house that has since been converted into a wonderful art gallery.
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Behind the Scenes at the Conversion of Chicago’s Bloomingdale Trail into an Elevated Park
Untapped got a behind the scenes look at the Bloomingdale Trail, an abandoned rail line on the Northside that will be converted into Chicago’s High Line.
MoreHaunted Rionda Ruins in New Jersey’s Northern Valley
Looking north from the George Washington Bridge to New Jersey, it takes a lot of imagination to envision storybook manors perched high atop the Palisades. Shows like The Jersey Shore hide the Garden State’s history as the playground of the rich and famous. But for locals of the Northern Valley (called “the valley” by locals), …
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Kykuit: The Rockefellers’ Gilded Age Gem in the Hudson River Valley
All photos by David Jo for Untapped Cities
Once a favorite haunt of America’s illustrious industrialists (and to an extent it still is), the great Hudson River Valley estates stand as a testament to the bygone Gilded Age as popularized by F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby. While not as well known as the …
MoreLong Island Gold Coast Mansions Repurposed: An Inside Look at Sefton Manor
According to the Society for the Preservation of Long Island Antiquities, approximately 58% of mansions built on Long Island between the Civil War and World War II have now been repurposed. By sidestepping the rising cost of living and increasing taxes, the Long Island elite could still maintain the legacy of their philanthropic natures by …
MoreBrittany’s Onion Museum: History of the French Onion Johnny
Berets worn at a jaunty angle, Gaulloise cigarettes hanging from their lips, bicycles smothered in plaited strings of onions – each of which weighed between one and two kilogrammes – French onion sellers were once a familiar sight on the streets of Britain, plying their trade from door to door, from the Channel …
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ZhangJiaJie National Forest: The Avatar Mountains in China’s Hunan Province
ZhangJiaJie National Forest Park in China’s Hunan Province has become internationally renown since the release of the 2009 movie Avatar. The movie was filmed in these mountains, more specifically, the Hallelujah Mountain (of Avatar) was filmed there and the movie’s editing team simply added the mountains in post-production to make them look like they are floating …
MoreUntapped Google Keyword: Stairway to Heaven in Oahu, Hawaii
The Stairway to Heaven, also known as the Haiku Stairs, is a series of 3,922 steps in Oahu, Hawaii on the Koolau Mountain Range.
MoreParco dei Monstri: Italy’s Renaissance Park of Monsters
In the northern section of the Lazio region, lies the village of Bomarzo and its wondrous Parco dei Monstri. Accessible chiefly by car, the park is 60 miles north of Rome.
Parco dei Monstri was built between 1572-74 by Pier Francesco Orsini, known as Vicino Orsini. Orsini called the park his “boschetto” or little wood. It …
MoreUrban Getaway: Snug Harbor Cultural Center on Staten Island
Snug Harbor is an excellent day getaway from Manhattan by Staten Island Ferry, with local nautical history, contemporary art and more.
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