New York, New York
Cherry Street Gang Warfare
Gang fights don't just happen on the streets, they happen under them too.
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Places I want to go
Places on this traveler's wishlist.
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New York, New York
St. Luke's Place Coal Hole Covers
These ornate manhole covers were used for a now-forgotten purpose.
New York, New York
284 Broome Street
The competition: breathe deeply as long as you can.
Bronx, New York
Bartow-Pell Mansion
This old estate is a remnant of when the Bronx was a popular summer destination for wealthy New Yorkers.
Brooklyn, New York
Mafia Executioner Albert Anastasia's 1920s Home
Where infamous mobster and leader of Murder Inc. Albert Anastasia made his home.
New York, New York
Saint Vartan Armenian Cathedral
A replica of a 7th-century church hides in plain sight in the middle of the concrete jungle.
New York, New York
Harry Jenning's Rat Pit of the Five Points
This humble historic facade hides a history of boozing and the gentlemanly sport of rat-fighting.
Bronx, New York
Banana Ripening Facility
Despite not growing anywhere near New York City, bananas are ripened in a pressurized room in the Bronx using precise banana science.
Brooklyn, New York
The Brooklyn Visitation Monastery
A working monastery hidden away in Brooklyn once abutted the location of a former inebriate's home.
Brooklyn, New York
Lipsius Cook House
This 19th century brick building in Brooklyn stands out like the anachronistic landmark that it is.
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Brooklyn, New York
BargeMusic
A cargo of beautiful music.
Brooklyn, New York
Abolitionist Place
This block in downtown Brooklyn was a hotbed of antislavery activism along the Underground Railroad.
Bronx, New York
Elizabeth Cady Stanton's Grave
A monument stands to the famous suffragist who penned the declaration for women's equal rights, including the right to vote.
New York, New York
Bristol Basin
A small part of lower Manhattan is actually made from a bit of England.
New York, New York
Amiable Child Monument
One of the only single-person private gravesites in New York City.
New York, New York
U Thant Island
The smallest island in Manhattan is a manmade landfill dominated by a Buddhist peace arch.
New York, New York
The Wertheim Study
This study room in the New York Public Library saw the creation of one of contemporary America's greatest traitors.
Brooklyn, New York
The Tomb of Jane Griffith
A heartbreaking monument showing the last morning in the life of Jane Griffith.
Brooklyn, New York
Wyckoff House
Oldest surviving example of a Dutch saltbox frame house in America.
New York, New York
Henry Bliss Plaque
A memorial to the first person killed by a motor vehicle in the Western Hemisphere.
Queens, New York
Jacob Riis Park Bathhouse
A former seaside jewel built for the everyman is now simply a neglected art deco fortress.
New York, New York
Strecker Memorial Laboratory
Site of the first pathological and bacteriological research facility in the United States.
New York, New York
The Shrine of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton
The home of the first American-born saint is one of the only curved buildings in New York.
New York, New York
Wild Bird Fund
New York City's only wildlife rehabilitation center treats more than 3,000 feathered and furry patients each year.
