New York, New York
Plaque of Nikola Tesla on Radio Wave Building
The former hotel where Tesla invented the radio.
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Places I want to go
Places on this traveler's wishlist.
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Brazenhead Books
A legendary speakeasy bookstore returns from the brink.
New York, New York
Chester A. Arthur Inauguration and Death House
The only remaining building in New York to see the inauguration of a president is being slowly overtaken by a grocery store.
New York, New York
The Conjuring Arts Research Center
Unlock the secrets of the conjuring arts.
New York, New York
Bill's Place
This speakeasy continues the Prohibition-era legacy of Harlem's jazzy Swing Street.
New York, New York
Chancellor Robert R Livingston Masonic Library
A good place to research the Freemasons, esoterica, occultism, and hermeticism.
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West Side Cow Tunnels
NYC's legendary underground network for bovine transportation.
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Gimbel's Bridge
A three-story copper skybridge connects two Manhattan buildings with Art Deco luxury.
New York, New York
Saint Vartan Armenian Cathedral
A replica of a 7th-century church hides in plain sight in the middle of the concrete jungle.
Bronx, New York
La Morada
Rare moles meet activism at this Oaxacan eatery.
New York, New York
Secret Apartment in the Fort Washington Library
This abandoned caretaker's apartment is one of 13 left in the New York Public Library system.
New York, New York
Church of the Intercession
A Manhattan Episcopal church with an eerie underground crypt.
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
Rivers Cosmogram
A memorial marks the library lobby where Langston Hughes' ashes are buried.
Queens, New York
The Abandoned Rockaway Beach Branch of the Long Island Railroad
A once crucial portion of the Long Island railroad still lays abandoned, waiting to be turned into an urban park.
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The Former New Brighton Athletic Club
These historic buildings once housed the headquarters of one of the most infamous gangs of New York.
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Merchant's House Museum
New York City's only preserved family home from the 19th century.
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Gay Liberation
The first piece of public art dedicated to LGBT rights.
New York, New York
The Museum of Interesting Things
A hands-on traveling collection of the innovative devices of yesteryear.
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C. O. Bigelow Apothecary
The oldest operating apothecary in the US has treated everyone from Thomas Edison to Mark Twain.
Brooklyn, New York
Lesbian Herstory Archives
The world's largest collection of materials relating to lesbian history is housed in a Brooklyn townhouse.
New York, New York
Please Don't Tell
Dodge prohibitionists and slide through the telephone booth in Crif Dogs.
New York, New York
Holiday Nostalgia Train
During the holidays, a vintage subway train whisks New Yorkers back in time.
New York, New York
Roosevelt Island Smallpox Hospital Ruins
A crumbling hospital from the 1850s on Roosevelt Island.
