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New York, New York

New York Federal Gold Vault

More gold than anywhere else, ever.
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New York, New York

Governors Island

Lie in a hammock where George Washington stood.
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New York, New York

American Numismatic Society

Play heads or tails with thousands of different coins.
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New York, New York

Lenin Statue at Red Square

Salute the leader of the proletariat.
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New York, New York

The Brown Building

The site of the deadly Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire.
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Brooklyn, New York

Pratt's Steam Whistle Christmas

Steam out your ears for New Year's Eve.
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New York, New York

Model Ship Collection at the South Street Seaport Museum

Set sail on a small scale.
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New York, New York

Frick Bowling Alley

Bowl in splendor, if you're lucky.
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Barcelona, Spain

Montjuïc Cemetery

This cemetery features modernist statues as strange as its name.
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Chester Township, New Jersey

Telephone Pole Farm

A farm in New Jersey grew a most unusual crop for AT&T's testing purposes.
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Little America, Wyoming

Little America

Surrounded by a hundred mile radius of billboards, Little America is a roadside attraction whose primary appeal is hospitality.
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Red Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador

Red Bay, Labrador

A forlorn fishing village on the coast of Labrador, full of shipwrecks and Spanish gold.
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Vashon, Washington

Vashon Island Bike Tree

A bike being "eaten" by a tree is the real Vashon legend behind popular children's book, "Red Ranger Came Calling."
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New York, New York

Roosevelt Island AVAC System

On this island, you suck away your garbage via an elaborate pneumatic tube system.
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New York, New York

C-Squat

A notorious punk house turned co-op.
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Bronx, New York

Edgar Allan Poe Cottage

The famous author's cottage hideaway.
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New York, New York

Site of the Beach Pneumatic Subway

Visit the site of a subway powered by nothing more than air--and lots of it.
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El Segundo, California

Studio Antiques

Made famous by cable TV, this oddball collection of antiques and collectibles is a cut above the rest.
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