New York, New York
Model Ship Collection at the South Street Seaport Museum
Set sail on a small scale.
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Places I've been
Places this traveler has marked as been there.
New York, New York
Wavertree
After traveling the world, one of the last remaining fully-rigged three masted iron-hulled cargo ship in the world found its home in New York.
New York, New York
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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City Hall Library
An accidentally hidden library containing the ephemeral history of New York.
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African Burial Ground National Monument
This memorial honors thousands of enslaved Africans and their descendants who died in colonial New York.
New York, New York
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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The 'Ghostbusters' Firehouse
Try not to get slimed in Tribeca.
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Site of the Beach Pneumatic Subway
Visit the site of a subway powered by nothing more than air--and lots of it.
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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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Edward Mooney House
Built just after the American Revolution, the oldest row house in New York City still stands in Chinatown.
New York, New York
Chinatown's Bloody Angle
Avoid gangster interaction while window-shopping.
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The Mulberry Bend
During the 19th century, you could pay for violence off a prix fixe menu on this Manhattan street.
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First Shearith Israel Graveyard
Revolutionary War casualties fill the only 17th century structure remaining in Manhattan.
New York, New York
Lenin Statue at Red Square
Salute the leader of the proletariat.
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Angel Orensanz Foundation
The oldest surviving synagogue in New York City is now a soaring art space.
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Slocum Memorial Fountain
Monument to a forgotten NYC disaster that claimed the lives of 1,000.
New York, New York
Tompkins Square Temperance Fountain
A reminder to choose water over wine since 1888.
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Hare Krishna Tree
One of the few remaining American elm trees in New York’s Tompkins Square Park was the birthplace of a new religion.
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Wall Street Bombing Scars
Unrepaired walls from a 1920 anarchist bomb attack.
Bronx, New York
Holiday Train Show at New York Botanical Garden
Every year model trains zip through a miniature New York City that's now 150 landmarks strong.
Bronx, New York
Edgar Allan Poe Cottage
The famous author's cottage hideaway.
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Preserved Remnants of 17th Century New York
Under a glass sidewalk lie the remains of some of Manhattan's oldest buildings.
New York, New York
Fraunces Tavern
This Wall Street bar was once a hub of revolutionary activity where Washington famously bid farewell to his troops.
Bronx, New York
Bronx Zoo Bug Carousel
The first and only carousel with a lineup entirely of insects.
