New York, New York
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Places I've been
Places this traveler has marked as been there.
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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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Wall Street Bombing Scars
Unrepaired walls from a 1920 anarchist bomb attack.
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Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace Museum
The rough and tumble president's childhood home displays the shirt he was once shot in and the speech that saved him.
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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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Keen's Steakhouse
Everyone from Mark Twain to Teddy Roosevelt has a pipe hanging from the walls of this historic chophouse.
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Chinatown's Bloody Angle
Avoid gangster interaction while window-shopping.
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President Ulysses S. Grant's Tomb
Visit the monolithic tomb of America's most famous general.
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Governors Island
Lie in a hammock where George Washington stood.
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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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Fraunces Tavern
This Wall Street bar was once a hub of revolutionary activity where Washington famously bid farewell to his troops.
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Hamilton Grange
The only home that Alexander Hamilton ever owned has a history almost as troubled as his own.
Brooklyn, New York
Deno's Wonder Wheel
One of the most enjoyable bits of history at Coney Island and “the most romantic ride in the world.”
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Pomander Walk
Peek through the gates at this oasis from the city, full of Old English charm.
Queens, New York
Flushing Meadows-Corona Park
The remnants of two World's Fairs are here, complete with a 12-story globe, a mini-Manhattan, and a UFO-shaped pavilion.
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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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Times Square Hum
A pedestrian island in the middle of world-famous Times Square emits a strange (and purposeful) humming noise.
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Fearless Girl Statue
Wall Street has a new heroine, a bronze statue of a small but fierce girl.
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Marilyn Monroe’s Subway Grate
This unmarked and unloved Manhattan subway grate created one of the most iconic images in American cinema.
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Tom's Restaurant
The "Seinfeld" diner.
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Trinity Churchyard
This cemetery has graves dating back to the 17th century, including the city's oldest carved tombstone and an ominous cryptogram.
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Alice in Wonderland Statue
This whimsical group of statues is a favorite of children who love to climb all over Lewis Carroll's beloved characters.
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Hess Triangle
New York City's smallest piece of private property.
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Roosevelt Island Tramway
One of only two commuter aerial tramways in the United States.
