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West Terrace at the Cloisters
This hidden oasis features a stunning view of the Hudson River and the Palisades from a castle-like museum.
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Unicorn Tapestries at the Cloisters
Mysterious 500-year-old tapestries depict a unicorn hunt.
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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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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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Shinran Statue
Hiroshima survivor on Riverside Drive.
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Shrine of Saint Frances Cabrini
The mummified relics of an American missionary.
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Nicholas Roerich Museum
This small New York museum celebrates the mountainous artwork of a Russian mystic.
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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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Tom's Restaurant
The "Seinfeld" diner.
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Rat Rock in Morningside Heights
This giant boulder is sandwiched between apartment complexes in upper Manhattan.
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Bennett Park
The highest point on the island known for buildings that touch the sky.
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Jeffrey's Hook Light
Little Red Lighthouse under the George Washington Bridge.
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High Bridge
The oldest surviving bridge in New York City, which reopened to pedestrians in 2015.
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United Palace Theatre
One of the last Jazz Age "Wonder Theaters" in New York City.
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The Sisyphus Stones
Hordes of precariously balanced stone figures crowd the shores of the Hudson River.
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President Ulysses S. Grant's Tomb
Visit the monolithic tomb of America's most famous general.
Permanently Closed
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Freedom Tunnel
A tunnel once abandoned now thrives with graffiti art as an off-limits makeshift gallery.
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Amiable Child Monument
One of the only single-person private gravesites in New York City.
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Rucker Park
The legendary court where emerging basketball players gain their street cred.
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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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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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The Last Remnants of the Polo Grounds
A crumbling staircase in upper Manhattan is all that remains of one of the most important sites in sports history.
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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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Hispanic Society Museum and Library
This Manhattan museum houses one of the largest collections of Spanish art and manuscripts outside of Spain.
