New York City Tour

Castle Clinton National Monument (Battery Park. +1 212 344 7220) Built between 1807 and 1811 to protect the harbor from British attack, the brownstone structure never saw a single shot fired. Roofed over in the 1840s, the castle served over the next century as a concert hall, an immigrant-processing center, then an aquarium. Now restored as the original fort, its small museum has dioramas that depict the buildings various incarnations.. This is an activity in National Geographic's Destinations.City Tour Lower Manhattan Historic Walk nationalgeographic.com

LEEDS: Rain at Headingley is doubly depressing since the city of Leeds lies in the Vale of York one of the driest parts of Britain. Yorkshire used to win championships because they finished more matches than their rivals -- particularly ...