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Toynbee Tiles
Cryptic messages embedded in the New York City sidewalk.
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Places I've been
Places this traveler has marked as been there.
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'Life Underground' Sculptures
An artist's cute bronze subway sculptures belie his violent artistic past.
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Sidewalk Subway Map
Plot your trip through the city on the sidewalk.
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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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Fraunces Tavern
This Wall Street bar was once a hub of revolutionary activity where Washington famously bid farewell to his troops.
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Burger Joint
Slyly buy a shake in the Parker Meridien lobby.
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The Grolier Club
The oldest bibliophilia club in America, with exhibitions on historic books and graphic arts.
Queens, New York
Flushing Meadows-Corona Park
The remnants of two World's Fairs are here, complete with a 12-story globe, a mini-Manhattan, and a UFO-shaped pavilion.
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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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Strawberry Fields Memorial
This mosaic dedicated to John Lennon was tended for years by a Beatles super-fan.
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Long Lines Building
An uber-secure, windowless tower of doom in the center of Manhattan is an NSA spyscraper.
Brooklyn, New York
Brooklyn Botanic Garden
Sniff the Titan Arum's rotting flesh.
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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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The Real Winnie the Pooh & Pals
The original toys that inspired the beloved children's stories are on display at the New York Public Library.
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6 1/2 Avenue: Manhattan’s Secret Street
Tucked away amidst some of the most famous addresses in the world is New York’s only fraction of a street.
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Campbell Apartment
A very classy 1920s-era bar right in Grand Central Station.
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Fearless Girl Statue
Wall Street has a new heroine, a bronze statue of a small but fierce girl.
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Tom's Restaurant
The "Seinfeld" diner.
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Berlin Wall Section
A celebration of capitalism in Midtown.
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Gimbel's Bridge
A three-story copper skybridge connects two Manhattan buildings with Art Deco luxury.
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Unicorn Tapestries at the Cloisters
Mysterious 500-year-old tapestries depict a unicorn hunt.
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Alice in Wonderland Statue
This whimsical group of statues is a favorite of children who love to climb all over Lewis Carroll's beloved characters.
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The New York Earth Room
A room in New York City that contains 250 cubic yards of dirt.
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Roosevelt Island Tramway
One of only two commuter aerial tramways in the United States.
