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Marie's Crisis
Those belting out show tunes in this West Village piano bar might not realize it marks the site where Thomas Paine died in 1809.
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Places I want to go
Places on this traveler's wishlist.
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Poster House Museum
The first museum in the United States dedicated entirely to posters.
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Patent Pending
Nikola Tesla's former home contains an homage hidden from plain sight.
Permanently Closed
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Holographic Studios Inc.
The world's oldest hologram gallery and the labyrinthine laser laboratory of a holography pioneer.
Permanently Closed
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Brazenhead Books
A legendary speakeasy bookstore returns from the brink.
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New Yorker Hotel
The New York hotel where tragic visionary Nikola Tesla spent his final hours, destitute and alone but for the pigeons.
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The Hidden Art Deco Tunnel Underneath the New Yorker Hotel
The beautiful tunnel that ran from the lobby to Penn Station is still hidden underneath 34th Street.
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Saint Vartan Armenian Cathedral
A replica of a 7th-century church hides in plain sight in the middle of the concrete jungle.
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William Lescaze Townhouse
New York City's first Modernist house.
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Campbell Apartment
A very classy 1920s-era bar right in Grand Central Station.
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The Real Winnie the Pooh & Pals
The original toys that inspired the beloved children's stories are on display at the New York Public Library.
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Radio City Music Hall's Secret Apartment
Built as a gift to the hottest tastemaker of the time, these hidden quarters remain an Art Deco showpiece.
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Greenacre Park
Read a book next to a Midtown waterfall.
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Track 61
This abandoned subway station beneath the Waldorf-Astoria hotel is allegedly used to secretly transport presidents.
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Cafe at the Swedish Church of New York
Finally, you don't have to be a pious Swedish seaman to relax like one.
Permanently Closed
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Tender Buttons
This tiny store is your one-stop shop for all sorts of rare and wonderful buttons.
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The Grolier Club
The oldest bibliophilia club in America, with exhibitions on historic books and graphic arts.
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Dvořák Room
A small piece of the composer's New York home lives on in the center of Czech culture in Manhattan.
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Albertine
Though its celestial ceiling is impressive, the true star is the vast collection of French books.
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Alice in Wonderland Statue
This whimsical group of statues is a favorite of children who love to climb all over Lewis Carroll's beloved characters.
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New York Society Library
New York's oldest and possibly grandest keeper of books.
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The Ziegfeld Head
The front yard of an Upper East Side town house hides the last fragment of one of New York's most famous theatres.
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Lexington Candy Shop
The oldest family-run luncheonette in New York, last renovated in 1948, still serves food and drinks the old-fashioned way.
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The Ramble Cave
Hidden in Central Park's Ramble is a troublesome cave buried just beneath the surface.
