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William J. Syms Operating Theatre
Once considered the height of medical modernity, this structure is now the oldest remaining component of Roosevelt Hospital.
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Places I want to go
Places on this traveler's wishlist.
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The Grolier Club
The oldest bibliophilia club in America, with exhibitions on historic books and graphic arts.
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The Wendel House
The former home of the reclusive "Weird Wendels" who dominated New York real estate a century before Donald Trump.
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Burger Joint
Slyly buy a shake in the Parker Meridien lobby.
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Greenacre Park
Read a book next to a Midtown waterfall.
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Cole Porter's Piano
A famous songsmith's custom piano, dubbed "High Society," is hidden just out of sight in one of New York's finest hotels.
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Radio City Music Hall's Secret Apartment
Built as a gift to the hottest tastemaker of the time, these hidden quarters remain an Art Deco showpiece.
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767 Third Avenue
A Manhattan office building is home to the world’s largest chess board.
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John M. Mossman Lock Collection
Hundreds of antique bank vault locks on display in New York City.
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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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Spotlight on Broadway Map
The 28-foot granite map plots the locations of 40 theaters in New York City.
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New York's Hidden Tropical Forest
A miniature rainforest is growing inside of a Midtown Manhattan office building.
New York, New York
The Burns Archive
A staggering collection of photographs depicting medical, social, and historical change.
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El Sabroso
This semi-hidden Manhattan restaurant is based out of a loading dock.
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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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The Webster Apartments
This New York holdover was built to provide housing for shopgirls and still does not allow men above the lobby.
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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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The New York New Church
Join in a Seance at the Swedenborgian Church.
Permanently Closed
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Houdini Revealed
Hidden in an ordinary Midtown building is a one-room museum dedicated to the greatest escape artist.
Permanently Closed
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West Side Cow Tunnels
NYC's legendary underground network for bovine transportation.
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Vanderbilt Tennis Club
The famous facade of Grand Central Terminal hides a regulation tennis court—and it's not the first one.
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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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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.
New York, New York
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.
