New York, New York
Stationary Figures Mosaics
Stunningly detailed mosaics in a New York subway station bring life to the Weimaraners of artist William Wegman's work—and to thousands of commutes.
Places cosmobacon13 Wants to Go
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Places I want to go
Places on this traveler's wishlist.
New York, New York
Spring Street Salt Shed
This simple Manhattan salt house is artfully shaped... well, like a giant granule of salt.
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Queensboro Trolley Kiosk
A forgotten relic from New York's bygone trolley system hides in plain sight under a bridge.
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Ear Inn
One of the city’s oldest watering holes was originally the home of a famous James Brown (not that one).
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Cathedral Peacock Hutch
A Gothic-style abode built to accommodate the church's three resident peacocks.
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Shinran Statue
Hiroshima survivor on Riverside Drive.
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Staple Street Skybridge
Imagine having a street run right through your home, or better yet, a historic bridge three stories high.
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Nikola Tesla Street Corner
Commemorating the spot where the famous scientist fed his pigeons.
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Brooklyn Bridge Fallout Shelter
There’s a secret bunker inside the Brooklyn Bridge, but the city won’t say where.
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Sakagura
More than 250 sakes are available in an izakaya hidden in the basement of a Midtown office building.
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Grand Central Oyster Bar
This subterranean oyster house has been the pearl of Grand Central Station since 1913.
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Plaque of Nikola Tesla on Radio Wave Building
The former hotel where Tesla invented the radio.
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Kenka
Make a tough dinner decision: Octopus wasabi roulette or bull penis?
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Chinatown's Bloody Angle
Avoid gangster interaction while window-shopping.
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Tunnel Number 3
Deep under Manhattan is the largest construction project in city history. So far, the project has taken the lives of 23 workers, or "a man a mile."
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77 Water Street
A WWI fighter plane and turn-of-the-century penny candy shop are among the unexpected features of this Financial District building.
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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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Patent Pending
Nikola Tesla's former home contains an homage hidden from plain sight.
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The New York Earth Room
A room in New York City that contains 250 cubic yards of dirt.
Permanently Closed
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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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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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Please Don't Tell
Dodge prohibitionists and slide through the telephone booth in Crif Dogs.
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Track 61
This abandoned subway station beneath the Waldorf-Astoria hotel is allegedly used to secretly transport presidents.
