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Museum of the American Gangster
This little museum is built on a theater that was once a wildly elaborate speakeasy.
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Places on this traveler's wishlist.
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Goldbar
A hip bar decorated with walls of golden skulls.
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The Museum of Interesting Things
A hands-on traveling collection of the innovative devices of yesteryear.
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Pier 54: The Titanic’s Arrival Destination
A dilapidated dock tells the story of Titanic’s missed arrival.
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The Ramble Cave
Hidden in Central Park's Ramble is a troublesome cave buried just beneath the surface.
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Chinatown Ice Cream Factory
Order scoops of pandan, lychee, and black sesame at this family-run institution.
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The Treasures in the Trash Collection
A New York garbage depot holds a secret collection of weird and wonderful refuse.
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Trinity Place Bank Vault Bar
This lower Manhattan bar is set up in an old bank vault that rests beneath a skyscraper that hides even more historic splendor.
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Roosevelt Island Cat Sanctuary
The feral felines of Roosevelt Island have a small army of allies and an abandoned hospital all to themselves.
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Museum of Sex
A semi-scholarly approach to sex.
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New York's Hidden Tropical Forest
A miniature rainforest is growing inside of a Midtown Manhattan office building.
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Mysterious Bookshop
The world’s oldest and biggest bookstore stocking only mystery, crime fiction, espionage, and thrillers.
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Tannen's Magic Shop
New York's oldest magic store.
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The 'Ghostbusters' Firehouse
Try not to get slimed in Tribeca.
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Track 61
This abandoned subway station beneath the Waldorf-Astoria hotel is allegedly used to secretly transport presidents.
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Please Don't Tell
Dodge prohibitionists and slide through the telephone booth in Crif Dogs.
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5 Beekman Street
This beautiful building in the heart of Manhattan's Financial District was empty for decades.
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Explorers Club Headquarters
A treasure trove of artifacts, books, and artwork from the "golden age" of exploration.
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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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Roosevelt Island Smallpox Hospital Ruins
A crumbling hospital from the 1850s on Roosevelt Island.
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Dream House
La Monte Young and Marian Zazeela's "Dream House" will immerse you in an ever changing world of sound and light.
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The Evolution Store
A terrific purveyor of natural history objects and curios.
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Old City Hall Station
The very first subway station in New York City is beautiful, decked out in chandeliers, and ... abandoned?
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Monuments Garden
An ornate "graveyard" for some of the country's forlorn building relics.
