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The Wizard of Park Avenue
A whimsical, but often overlooked clock in Park Avenue.
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Places this traveler has marked as been there.
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James Farley Post Office Museum
A grand New York post office that is home to mailman Santas, scraps of postal history, and a pneumatic mail system.
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Macy's Wooden Escalators
A bit of retro transportation flair preserved in the world's largest department store.
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REACH: New York
Hidden in plain sight on a pair of Manhattan subway tunnels are a pair of public instruments that sing to each other.
New York, New York
300 West 38th Street
Cheap pizza and all of your naughty bedroom needs housed in a stunning example of Art Nouveau architecture.
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Giant Needle and Button
There must be a pun in this haystack somewhere...
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The Wendel House
The former home of the reclusive "Weird Wendels" who dominated New York real estate a century before Donald Trump.
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The Daily News Building Globe
Spinning silently in the lobby of an Art Deco masterwork is a massive vintage model of the Earth.
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New York's Hidden Tropical Forest
A miniature rainforest is growing inside of a Midtown Manhattan office building.
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Grand Central Oyster Bar
This subterranean oyster house has been the pearl of Grand Central Station since 1913.
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Grand Central Ceiling Dark Patch
A dark patch of the ceiling at Grand Central Terminal which was not restored is still stained brown by tobacco.
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Graybar Rats
Rat sculptures try to infiltrate the Graybar Building in an architectural tribute to New York City's nautical history.
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The Old McGraw-Hill Building
Captain America, Sub-Mariner, and the Human Torch were all born in this art deco Manhattan masterpiece.
New York, New York
John M. Mossman Lock Collection
Hundreds of antique bank vault locks on display in New York City.
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The Secret Entrance to the Knickerbocker Hotel
An unassuming secret door once led to a legendary watering hole.
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Paley Park
A small peaceful park and waterfall tucked amid the urban grind of Midtown Manhattan.
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Private Passage
Wine bottle sculpture with a ship's stateroom inside.
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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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The Treasures in the Trash Collection
A New York garbage depot holds a secret collection of weird and wonderful refuse.
New York, New York
New York Academy of Medicine Rare Book Library
This hidden library of physiological ephemera contains centuries worth of knowledge on the vim and viscera of the human body.
New York, New York
Shinran Statue
Hiroshima survivor on Riverside Drive.
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The Peace Fountain at Cathedral of St. John the Divine
A curious fountain that has no water and includes Satan, a crab, and 9 giraffes.
New York, New York
Tom's Restaurant
The "Seinfeld" diner.
New York, New York
President Ulysses S. Grant's Tomb
Visit the monolithic tomb of America's most famous general.
