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The "Irving House"
Nope, not Washington Irving's house.
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Places I've been
Places this traveler has marked as been there.
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Stickball Hall of Fame
Depression-era fun lives on in this Harlem museum dedicated to the sport of the street.
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Relics of the IRT 14th Street-Union Square Subway Local Platform
Red frames showcase remnants of one of New York's original subway stations.
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300 West 38th Street
Cheap pizza and all of your naughty bedroom needs housed in a stunning example of Art Nouveau architecture.
Permanently Closed
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James Farley Post Office Museum
A grand New York post office that is home to mailman Santas, scraps of postal history, and a pneumatic mail system.
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Bennett Park
The highest point on the island known for buildings that touch the sky.
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Giant Needle and Button
There must be a pun in this haystack somewhere...
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The American Merchant Mariner's Memorial
Twice a day one of these tragic bronze mariners drowns with the tide to remember all those the sea has taken.
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Union Square Metronome
The most confusing clock in New York.
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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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Tom's Restaurant
The "Seinfeld" diner.
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Paley Park
A small peaceful park and waterfall tucked amid the urban grind of Midtown Manhattan.
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Lenin Statue at Red Square
Salute the leader of the proletariat.
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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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Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace Museum
The rough and tumble president's childhood home displays the shirt he was once shot in and the speech that saved him.
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The Wishbones of McSorley's Old Ale House
Touching mementoes from those who didn't make it back from World War I still hang in one of New York's oldest bars.
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Hallett Nature Sanctuary
Long the exclusive domain of birds and vagabonds, this little-known Central Park peninsula is open to the public once more.
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Yonah Schimmel's Knish Bakery
Love, knishes, and best wishes from this legendary Lower East Side bakery.
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'Life Underground' Sculptures
An artist's cute bronze subway sculptures belie his violent artistic past.
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Chinatown's Bloody Angle
Avoid gangster interaction while window-shopping.
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The Peace Fountain at Cathedral of St. John the Divine
A curious fountain that has no water and includes Satan, a crab, and 9 giraffes.
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The Daily News Building Globe
Spinning silently in the lobby of an Art Deco masterwork is a massive vintage model of the Earth.
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President Ulysses S. Grant's Tomb
Visit the monolithic tomb of America's most famous general.
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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.
