Snooping around the Explorers Club, taking photos with a phone. . .

Written by Stephen Regenold Feb 27, 2013 11:43 a.m. ET

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We’re in the outdoor adventure hotbed of Manhattan this week. Oh wait, New York? That’s right, here in the hustle and bustle is headquartered an epicenter of all things adventure, the venerable Explorers Club. Founded in 1904, the club sits at 46 East 70th Street in New York City and it currently has 30 chapters worldwide. It is a “professional society dedicated to scientific exploration of Earth, its oceans, and outer space.” Here are 10 random items we found today snooping around the club. —T.C. Worley

The Explorers Club

Flag from first lunar landing

First images from the arctic, ever

Man of the Arctic

Adventure art

Random Walrus head

Prayer flags in an armchair

Teddy Roosevelt planned the Panama Canal at this table

Where we’ve been lately. . .

Naval vessel

Archived notes, images from adventures long past

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Stephen Regenold is the founder of GearJunkie, which he launched as a nationally syndicated newspaper column in 2002. As a journalist, writer, and gear nerd, Regenold has covered the outdoors industry for over two decades, including as a correspondent for the New York Times. A father of five, Regenold and his wife, Tara, live in Minneapolis.