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Onieals Grand Street Bar
A prohibition era watering hole for the police.
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Places I've been
Places this traveler has marked as been there.
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190 Bowery
The greatest real estate coup of all time.
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The Oldest Fence in New York
Built hundreds of years ago this downtown iron barrier once protected a much despised king.
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The Forgotten Entrance to Clinton Hall
Hidden in one of New York's oldest subway stations is the final remnant of the site of the bizarre Shakespeare Riots.
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'Life Underground' Sculptures
An artist's cute bronze subway sculptures belie his violent artistic past.
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The Hidden Holocaust Memorial of Madison Park
A Manhattan courthouse hides a small but scathing memorial to Holocaust injustice.
Washington, D.C.
Old Stone House
The oldest building in the District of Columbia was preserved because of a mistaken connection to George Washington.
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Long Lines Building
An uber-secure, windowless tower of doom in the center of Manhattan is an NSA spyscraper.
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El Sabroso
This semi-hidden Manhattan restaurant is based out of a loading dock.
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Preserved Remnants of 17th Century New York
Under a glass sidewalk lie the remains of some of Manhattan's oldest buildings.
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Gimbel's Bridge
A three-story copper skybridge connects two Manhattan buildings with Art Deco luxury.
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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.
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High Bridge
The oldest surviving bridge in New York City, which reopened to pedestrians in 2015.
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Lower East Side Toy Company (The Back Room)
Become a prohibition rebel.
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Greenacre Park
Read a book next to a Midtown waterfall.
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The Elevated Acre
Amid the bustle and noise of the Financial District hides a secluded garden oasis above the city streets.
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REI's Wall of Litho Stones
A trove of century-old litho stones from the Puck Building's printing days were discovered behind a cellar wall, and are now hanging in the store.
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Relics of the IRT 14th Street-Union Square Subway Local Platform
Red frames showcase remnants of one of New York's original subway stations.
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Model Ship Collection at the South Street Seaport Museum
Set sail on a small scale.
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Houston Bowery Art Wall
This wall on a street corner in Lower Manhattan has been a blank canvas for a rotation of renowned artists since the 1980s.
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Lenin Statue at Red Square
Salute the leader of the proletariat.
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Tammany Hall
The notorious headquarters of a corrupt political machine.
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The Brown Building
The site of the deadly Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire.
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C-Squat
A notorious punk house turned co-op.
