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The Atlas Obscura Guide To The Bronx

32 Cool, Hidden, and Unusual Things to Do in the Bronx, New York

Updated October 18, 2025
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The Ghetto Gastro collective tells the story of the Bronx through food. From left: Lester Walker, Jon Gray, and Pierre Serrao.

In This 'Black Power Kitchen,' Joy and Activism Collide

Ghetto Gastro honors the Bronx with sea moss, chopped "stease," and saltfish takoyaki.
by Sam Lin-Sommer
The Young Lords, a Puerto Rican activist group, seized this mobile chest x-ray unit in 1970. A few months later, they and members of the Black Panther Party occupied part of Lincoln Hospital to establish a drug detoxification program.

How Acupuncture Became a Radical Remedy in the Bronx

When Black and brown activists created Lincoln Detox, they also helped spread Eastern medicine.
by Santi Elijah Holley
Poe’s house in Philadelphia, where he composed “The Tell-Tale Heart” and “The Gold Bug.”

10 Places That Rejected Poe in Life But Celebrate Him in Death

Edgar Allan Poe gets the recognition he deserves in the afterlife.
by Molly McBride Jacobson

Lists Featuring the Bronx

Overlooking New York Harbor.
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The New York Marble Cemetery.

Unique Cemeteries in New York

Famous and historic graveyards to visit in the five boroughs.

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Including Green-Wood Cemetery, Trinity Churchyard, and First Shearith Israel Graveyard

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