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Grand Opening 139 Norfolk
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New York, New York

Grand Opening 139 Norfolk

Check your calendars; you might be attending a drive-in movie or sitting next to a fashion runway.

Exchange Bar & Grill
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New York, New York

Exchange Bar & Grill

Test your business savvy and play the market for cocktails at this stock exchange-inspired watering hole.

Tonya and Nancy Cross Stitches by Rebecca Greco in the permanent collection
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Brooklyn, New York

THNK1994 Museum

A Brooklyn exhibit all about Nancy Kerrigan and Tonya Harding in 1994.

The Playboy Club today.
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New York, New York

The Former Home of New York's Playboy Club

A simple midtown bar was once the home of a secretive and exclusive club staffed by "bunnies" under Hefner's strict rules.

The Lab (Electric Warehouse)
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Brooklyn, New York

The Lab (Electric Warehouse)

A Bed-Stuy gymnasium that hosts expansive raves, performances, dance parties, and more.

Vintage equipment fills the museum.
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New York, New York

NYC Barber Museum

This nostalgic blast from the grooming past is also a working barbershop.

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Queens, New York

5 Pointz

A graffiti Mecca welcoming artists from around the world.

The Grotto at St. Lucy's

Bronx, New York

Our Lady of Lourdes Grotto at St. Lucy's Church

Collect holy water from a Bronx grotto.

Photo from 2013.
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New York, New York

'The Sale of Manhattan'

Down a stairway in the East Village, you could once read a plaque describing an alternate history of a fictional version of Manhattan.

Hidden Wall of 1976 Graffiti
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New York, New York

Hidden Wall of 1976 Graffiti

A partially hidden wall graffitied by spectators of the 1976 Bicentennial, recently rediscovered.

The Lost Diner
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New York, New York

The Lost Diner

The saddest little diner in New York.

Abandoned Redbird
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Queens, New York

Abandoned Redbird

A retired subway car stands alone in a field in the middle of Queens.

Billy's Antiques and Props
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New York, New York

Billy's Antiques and Props

A veritable variety of odds and ends.

Re-discovery of old Beach tunnel in 1912, where was found the remains of the car, the tunnelling shield used during initial construction, and even the piano in the subway's waiting room.
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New York, New York

Site of the Beach Pneumatic Subway

Visit the site of a subway powered by nothing more than air--and lots of it.

The Troll Museum
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New York, New York

The Troll Museum

Reverend Jen's unique museum/living room showcases her troll collection.

The Golden Shopping Mall

Queens, New York

The Golden Shopping Mall

An easy to overlook storefront hides some of the most authentic and regionally diverse Chinese food in New York.

Creedmoor Psychiatric Center's Building 25
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Queens, New York

Creedmoor Psychiatric Center's Building 25

A long abandoned hospital building on the outskirts of NYC.

Morbid Anatomy Library & Giftshop

Brooklyn, New York

Morbid Anatomy Library & Giftshop

A library and shop devoted to the body, mortality, and bringing to light forgotten or neglected histories

The New York City Farm Colony
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Staten Island, New York

The New York City Farm Colony

The haunting, dilapidated remains of a former poorhouse on Staten Island's Greenbelt.

Bust of Houdini once on his grave
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New York, New York

Houdini Revealed

Hidden in an ordinary Midtown building is a one-room museum dedicated to the greatest escape artist.

The entrance to the theatre, bar and museum
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New York, New York

Museum of the American Gangster

This little museum is built on a theater that was once a wildly elaborate speakeasy.

Obscura Antiques and Oddities
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New York, New York

Obscura Antiques and Oddities

Tucked in the back of this amazing antique store is an important piece of medical history.

Aerial photo of 1440 Forest Avenue

Staten Island, New York

Site of the Cherry Lane Cemetery

How did a historical Black burial ground become a Staten Island strip mall?

Family members and fans often leave flowers and wreaths at the grave

Brooklyn, New York

Gil Hodges' Grave

The final resting place of a former Dodgers and Mets player can be found in central Brooklyn, in the first diocesan cemetery for Catholics in the borough.

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