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Sylvan Terrace
A discreet little stairway on St. Nicholas Avenue leads to a quaint and unexpected cobblestone street of 19th century wooden rowhouses.
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Places I want to go
Places on this traveler's wishlist.
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Septuagesimo Uno
The name of this tiny pocket park tucked between two buildings on Manhattan's Upper West Side is Latin for its location: "seventy-one."
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Houston Bowery Art Wall
This wall on a street corner in Lower Manhattan has been a blank canvas for a rotation of renowned artists since the 1980s.
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President Ulysses S. Grant's Tomb
Visit the monolithic tomb of America's most famous general.
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Broadway Flea Market
An annual extravaganza of Broadway theater memorabilia.
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Chinatown's Bloody Angle
Avoid gangster interaction while window-shopping.
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Cafe at the Swedish Church of New York
Finally, you don't have to be a pious Swedish seaman to relax like one.
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Catacombs of Old St. Patrick's Cathedral
Historical figures from New York City's Catholic community reside in Midtown.
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Irish Hunger Memorial
Blighted Irish field and the ruins of a 19th-century cottage on the edge of urban Manhattan.
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New York Academy of Medicine Rare Book Library
This hidden library of physiological ephemera contains centuries worth of knowledge on the vim and viscera of the human body.
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'Life Underground' Sculptures
An artist's cute bronze subway sculptures belie his violent artistic past.
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Private Passage
Wine bottle sculpture with a ship's stateroom inside.
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Tunnel Number 3
Deep under Manhattan is the largest construction project in city history. So far, the project has taken the lives of 23 workers, or "a man a mile."
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Museum of Reclaimed Urban Space
A living archive of urban activism and space reclaimed.
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The Grolier Club
The oldest bibliophilia club in America, with exhibitions on historic books and graphic arts.
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The Gardens at St. Luke in the Fields
A quiet and contemplative oasis in the middle of New York's bustle and riot.
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'The Sphere'
This sculpture by artist Fritz Keonig survived the 9/11 attacks and now stands as a monument to the victims.
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P.S. 186
From scholastic to sepulchral - now under reconstruction.
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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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The Morris-Jumel Mansion
The oldest house in Manhattan is now a museum that remembers the home's sordid history of scandals, vice-presidents, and ghosts.
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The Sisyphus Stones
Hordes of precariously balanced stone figures crowd the shores of the Hudson River.
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Abandoned 18th Street Subway Station
This abandoned subway station can still be seen on regular commuter trips.
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REACH: New York
Hidden in plain sight on a pair of Manhattan subway tunnels are a pair of public instruments that sing to each other.
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The Manhattan Well Murder
A dark, dank room in subterranean Manhattan was the site of a ghastly murder.
