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Church of the Intercession
A Manhattan Episcopal church with an eerie underground crypt.
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Places I want to go
Places on this traveler's wishlist.
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Paley Park
A small peaceful park and waterfall tucked amid the urban grind of Midtown Manhattan.
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C-Squat
A notorious punk house turned co-op.
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41 Cooper Square
This exemplar of modernist architecture is meant to captivate and inspire students of the Cooper Union.
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The Museum of Interesting Things
A hands-on traveling collection of the innovative devices of yesteryear.
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Nikola Tesla Street Corner
Commemorating the spot where the famous scientist fed his pigeons.
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The Wishbones of McSorley's Old Ale House
Touching mementoes from those who didn't make it back from World War I still hang in one of New York's oldest bars.
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The Sugar House Prison Window
An odd, ancient window that may have once been part of a brutal prison is embedded in the side of New York's Police Plaza.
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'Life Underground' Sculptures
An artist's cute bronze subway sculptures belie his violent artistic past.
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Carsten Höller Slide
Three-story slide through the New Museum.
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The Morris-Jumel Mansion
The oldest house in Manhattan is now a museum that remembers the home's sordid history of scandals, vice-presidents, and ghosts.
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Sidewalk Subway Map
Plot your trip through the city on the sidewalk.
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Campbell Apartment
A very classy 1920s-era bar right in Grand Central Station.
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City Hall Library
An accidentally hidden library containing the ephemeral history of New York.
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Museum of Reclaimed Urban Space
A living archive of urban activism and space reclaimed.
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Barthman's Sidewalk Clock
A clock set into the concrete outside a Manhattan jeweler has been telling time underfoot for over a century.
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Oldest Manhole Cover
Walk over a 150 year old manhole.
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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.
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Gimbel's Bridge
A three-story copper skybridge connects two Manhattan buildings with Art Deco luxury.
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P.S. 186
From scholastic to sepulchral - now under reconstruction.
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The Ramble Cave
Hidden in Central Park's Ramble is a troublesome cave buried just beneath the surface.
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Brazenhead Books
A legendary speakeasy bookstore returns from the brink.
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Roosevelt Island Tramway
One of only two commuter aerial tramways in the United States.
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Berlin Wall Section
A celebration of capitalism in Midtown.
