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The Cross at Ground Zero
Pulled from the rubble of one of the worst modern tragedies, a steel crossbeam became a symbol of hope for New Yorkers.
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Places I want to go
Places on this traveler's wishlist.
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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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Plaque of Nikola Tesla on Radio Wave Building
The former hotel where Tesla invented the radio.
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Museum at Eldridge Street
America's oldest Eastern European synagogue provided the immigrants of crowded Lower East Side tenements a space of sanctuary.
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Wall Street Bombing Scars
Unrepaired walls from a 1920 anarchist bomb attack.
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Sidewalk Subway Map
Plot your trip through the city on the sidewalk.
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Shopsin's
Prove you deserve to be fed by Kenny Shopsin.
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Frick Bowling Alley
Bowl in splendor, if you're lucky.
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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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Pneumatic System of the New York Public Library
One of the last few places in Manhattan that employed a pneumatic systemic keeps it on display.
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Abandoned 18th Street Subway Station
This abandoned subway station can still be seen on regular commuter trips.
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The Sisyphus Stones
Hordes of precariously balanced stone figures crowd the shores of the Hudson River.
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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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The Woolworth Building
Once the tallest building in the world and the site of “the highest dinner ever held in New York” this building now holds the most expensive penthouse in the city.
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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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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.
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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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High Bridge
The oldest surviving bridge in New York City, which reopened to pedestrians in 2015.
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Berlin Wall Section
A celebration of capitalism in Midtown.
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New York Federal Gold Vault
More gold than anywhere else, ever.
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Lower East Side Toy Company (The Back Room)
Become a prohibition rebel.
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The New York Earth Room
A room in New York City that contains 250 cubic yards of dirt.
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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.
