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'Life Underground' Sculptures
An artist's cute bronze subway sculptures belie his violent artistic past.
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Places I've been
Places this traveler has marked as been there.
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The General Worth Monument
This monument to a veteran of the Mexican-American War is one of only two in Manhattan that serve as an actual mausoleum.
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The Statue of Roscoe Conkling
A 19th-century politician who died after walking home in a blizzard is honored with this Manhattan statue.
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Tannen's Magic Shop
New York's oldest magic store.
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Museum of Sex
A semi-scholarly approach to sex.
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The Little Church Around the Corner
This Fifth Avenue church has long been the favored worshiping place of Broadway actors and vaudeville performers.
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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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Giant Needle and Button
There must be a pun in this haystack somewhere...
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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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Grand Central Terminal Whispering Gallery
Whisper secrets in a busy station only to be heard on the other side of this acoustic arch.
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Campbell Apartment
A very classy 1920s-era bar right in Grand Central Station.
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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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One Times Square
This historic address is home to the beloved ball and is an almost totally empty building among the most expensive real estate in the world.
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Greenacre Park
Read a book next to a Midtown waterfall.
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Paley Park
A small peaceful park and waterfall tucked amid the urban grind of Midtown Manhattan.
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6 1/2 Avenue: Manhattan’s Secret Street
Tucked away amidst some of the most famous addresses in the world is New York’s only fraction of a street.
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Jeffrey's Hook Light
Little Red Lighthouse under the George Washington Bridge.
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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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Sylvan Terrace
A discreet little stairway on St. Nicholas Avenue leads to a quaint and unexpected cobblestone street of 19th century wooden rowhouses.
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The Last Remnants of the Polo Grounds
A crumbling staircase in upper Manhattan is all that remains of one of the most important sites in sports history.
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Church of the Intercession
A Manhattan Episcopal church with an eerie underground crypt.
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Rucker Park
The legendary court where emerging basketball players gain their street cred.
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Hamilton Grange
The only home that Alexander Hamilton ever owned has a history almost as troubled as his own.
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President Ulysses S. Grant's Tomb
Visit the monolithic tomb of America's most famous general.
