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The Double Check Businessman
This anonymous businessman sculpted in bronze became an enduring memorial after 9/11, and had been mistaken by rescue workers for a survivor in the rubble.
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Places I want to go
Places on this traveler's wishlist.
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Rucker Park
The legendary court where emerging basketball players gain their street cred.
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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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New York Cancer Hospital
This castle-like building in Manhattan helped destigmatize cancer in the 19th century.
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U Thant Island
The smallest island in Manhattan is a manmade landfill dominated by a Buddhist peace arch.
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The Remnants of Manhattan's Thirteenth Avenue
Manhattan's Thirteenth Avenue was made on landfill then deliberately destroyed — apart from one small, obscure block.
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The Standard Oil Building
This curved Manhattan building was built to house the opulence of John D. Rockefeller's oil empire.
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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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Tammany Hall
The notorious headquarters of a corrupt political machine.
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Hamilton Grange
The only home that Alexander Hamilton ever owned has a history almost as troubled as his own.
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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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'Life Underground' Sculptures
An artist's cute bronze subway sculptures belie his violent artistic past.
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The Hidden Holocaust Memorial of Madison Park
A Manhattan courthouse hides a small but scathing memorial to Holocaust injustice.
Permanently Closed
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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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Crabs of Cleopatra’s Needle
Curious crustaceans support an obelisk from ancient Egypt that now stands in modern-day Central Park.
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Chancellor Robert R Livingston Masonic Library
A good place to research the Freemasons, esoterica, occultism, and hermeticism.
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Blockhouse No. 1
This ruined fort hidden at the top of Central Park can't seem to keep from losing its historical plaques.
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The Conjuring Arts Research Center
Unlock the secrets of the conjuring arts.
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Marilyn Monroe’s Subway Grate
This unmarked and unloved Manhattan subway grate created one of the most iconic images in American cinema.
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Brazenhead Books
A legendary speakeasy bookstore returns from the brink.
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.
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The Ramble Cave
Hidden in Central Park's Ramble is a troublesome cave buried just beneath the surface.
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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Pier 54: The Titanic’s Arrival Destination
A dilapidated dock tells the story of Titanic’s missed arrival.
