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St. Petersburg, Florida
Brooklyn Art Library
Leaf through over 30,000 artists' sketchbooks in what may be the world's largest collection of doodles
Places amelianotthepilot Wants to Go
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Places I want to go
Places on this traveler's wishlist.
New York, New York
Clock Tower Building
A historic 1890s architectural masterpiece with an iconic clock tower that, once open to the public, now faces an uncertain future.
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New York, New York
Oldest Manhole Cover
Walk over a 150 year old manhole.
Bronx, New York
Hart Island
The loneliest island in New York.
Queens, New York
Fort Totten
Read between the lines of the subway map to find the hidden abandoned Civil War fort.
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Brooklyn, New York
Dead Horse Bay
First a horse rendering plant, then a 19th century landfill, this beach is full of glass from thousands upon thousands of broken bottles.
New York, New York
P.S. 186
From scholastic to sepulchral - now under reconstruction.
Bronx, New York
North Brother Island
Home to the infamous "Typhoid Mary" and the worst loss of life in New York's history prior to September 11, 2001.
New York, New York
The White Horse Tavern
Great place to have a drink and a bite to eat in an atmosphere laden with New York's Bohemian past.
New York, New York
The Woolworth Building
Once the tallest building in the world and the site of “the highest dinner ever held in New York” this building now holds the most expensive penthouse in the city.
New York, New York
Pomander Walk
Peek through the gates at this oasis from the city, full of Old English charm.
New York, New York
6 1/2 Avenue: Manhattan’s Secret Street
Tucked away amidst some of the most famous addresses in the world is New York’s only fraction of a street.
New York, New York
Tom's Restaurant
The "Seinfeld" diner.
New York, New York
Fearless Girl Statue
Wall Street has a new heroine, a bronze statue of a small but fierce girl.
Brooklyn, New York
New York Transit Museum
Ride the subways of yesteryear.
New York, New York
C. O. Bigelow Apothecary
The oldest operating apothecary in the US has treated everyone from Thomas Edison to Mark Twain.
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New York, New York
Brazenhead Books
A legendary speakeasy bookstore returns from the brink.
New York, New York
Unicorn Tapestries at the Cloisters
Mysterious 500-year-old tapestries depict a unicorn hunt.
New York, New York
Marilyn Monroe’s Subway Grate
This unmarked and unloved Manhattan subway grate created one of the most iconic images in American cinema.
New York, New York
Roosevelt Island Tramway
One of only two commuter aerial tramways in the United States.
New York, New York
Hess Triangle
New York City's smallest piece of private property.
New York, New York
The Treasures in the Trash Collection
A New York garbage depot holds a secret collection of weird and wonderful refuse.
New York, New York
Mysterious Bookshop
The world’s oldest and biggest bookstore stocking only mystery, crime fiction, espionage, and thrillers.
New York, New York
The 'Ghostbusters' Firehouse
Try not to get slimed in Tribeca.
