Brooklyn, New York
Barkaloo Cemetery
Brooklyn's Barkaloo Cemetery is the resting place of a scant two bodies.
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New York, New York
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
Trinity Church Cemetery & Mausoleum
You must take the A train... to the last active cemetery in Manhattan.
Bronx, New York
Our Lady of Lourdes Grotto at St. Lucy's Church
Collect holy water from a Bronx grotto.
Brooklyn, New York
Spritz Cookie Gravestone
This recipe is set in stone.
New York, New York
Padre Pio Shrine
Church in Manhattan holds the bloody sock of Padre Pio, among with many other unusual relics.
New York, New York
Cathedral Peacock Hutch
A Gothic-style abode built to accommodate the church's three resident peacocks.
New York, New York
Shinran Statue
Hiroshima survivor on Riverside Drive.
New York, New York
Survivor Tree
The last living thing to come out of the rubble after 9/11 is now a symbol of hope and resilience.
Brooklyn, New York
'The Dinner Party'
This enormous banquet-themed artwork honors over 1,000 notable women throughout history.
New York, New York
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.
Queens, New York
Louis Armstrong House
The preserved house of a jazz legend still echoes with his music.
New York, New York
Shrine of Saint Frances Cabrini
The mummified relics of an American missionary.
Brooklyn, New York
Undertaker's Ledgers
Records of the dead describe the myriad odd ways people used to die.
New York, New York
Lenin Statue at Red Square
Salute the leader of the proletariat.
New York, New York
Site of New York Slave Market
Where now stands a 42-story condominium tower of marble, glass and steel was once the central market of New York’s slave trade.
New York, New York
Church of the Intercession
A Manhattan Episcopal church with an eerie underground crypt.
New York, New York
The Relic Chapel at the Church of the Most Holy Redeemer
Relics given to a Manhattan church to avoid seizure by the Italian government.
New York, New York
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.
New York, New York
Kenka
Make a tough dinner decision: Octopus wasabi roulette or bull penis?
New York, New York
The Hangman's Elm
The oldest living tree in Manhattan comes shrouded in sinister legend.
New York, New York
Daredevil Tattoo Museum
This iconic tattoo shop has its own onsite museum with artifacts from the early history of modern body art.
New York, New York
Crabs of Cleopatra’s Needle
Curious crustaceans support an obelisk from ancient Egypt that now stands in modern-day Central Park.
New York, New York
Titanic Memorial
Manhattan's lighthouse, erected at the insistence of the unsinkable Molly Brown.
