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IFC Center Peephole
The best way to get a sneak peek at the movies.
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Places I've been
Places this traveler has marked as been there.
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7000 Oaks
Twenty-three trees, each paired with a basalt stone, line a street in Chelsea, continuing an urban project started by German Fluxus artist Joseph Beuys.
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Second Cemetery of the Congregation Shearith Israel
New York's unstoppable progress turned this cemetery into the smallest burial ground in the city.
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The Remnants of Manhattan's Thirteenth Avenue
Manhattan's Thirteenth Avenue was made on landfill then deliberately destroyed — apart from one small, obscure block.
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Electric Lady Studios
Jimi Hendrix's legendary recording studio in Greenwich Village.
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The 'Goodnight Moon' House (Cobble Court)
Hidden behind a gate in Greenwich Village is a little farmhouse that once served as the writing studio of a bestselling author.
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Death Avenue Plaque
Manhattan's deadly West Side railroad, which killed hundreds of New Yorkers, is remembered by this simple plaque.
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The Narrowest Building in New York
This slender three-story building has also had several famous residents.
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New York Herald Monument
There are owls with glowing eyes in Herald Square.
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The Webster Apartments
This New York holdover was built to provide housing for shopgirls and still does not allow men above the lobby.
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Padre Pio Shrine
Church in Manhattan holds the bloody sock of Padre Pio, among with many other unusual relics.
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New York City Fire Museum
A museum collection honoring the long history of the FDNY is held in a disused Manhattan fire house.
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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.
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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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Gay Liberation
The first piece of public art dedicated to LGBT rights.
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Greenwich Locksmith
Phil Mortillaro uses keys to bring art back to the Village.
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The Jane Hotel
This historic building housed the surviving crew members of the Titanic, who were left destitute after the wreck.
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The Lightship Frying Pan
Rummage through this sunken ship, but leave your scuba gear at home.
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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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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 Hangman's Elm
The oldest living tree in Manhattan comes shrouded in sinister legend.
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The Gardens at St. Luke in the Fields
A quiet and contemplative oasis in the middle of New York's bustle and riot.
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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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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.
