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Unicorn Tapestries at the Cloisters
Mysterious 500-year-old tapestries depict a unicorn hunt.
Places From the Backwoods Wants to Go
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Places I want to go
Places on this traveler's wishlist.
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Gimbel's Bridge
A three-story copper skybridge connects two Manhattan buildings with Art Deco luxury.
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Brazenhead Books
A legendary speakeasy bookstore returns from the brink.
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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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Trinity Churchyard
This cemetery has graves dating back to the 17th century, including the city's oldest carved tombstone and an ominous cryptogram.
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Marilyn Monroe’s Subway Grate
This unmarked and unloved Manhattan subway grate created one of the most iconic images in American cinema.
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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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High Bridge
The oldest surviving bridge in New York City, which reopened to pedestrians in 2015.
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Roosevelt Island Tramway
One of only two commuter aerial tramways in the United States.
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Preserved Remnants of 17th Century New York
Under a glass sidewalk lie the remains of some of Manhattan's oldest buildings.
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New York Federal Gold Vault
More gold than anywhere else, ever.
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Hess Triangle
New York City's smallest piece of private property.
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Goldbar
A hip bar decorated with walls of golden skulls.
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Tannen's Magic Shop
New York's oldest magic store.
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The 'Ghostbusters' Firehouse
Try not to get slimed in Tribeca.
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The High Line
Elevated freight railway turned wildly successful urban park.
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The Elevated Acre
Amid the bustle and noise of the Financial District hides a secluded garden oasis above the city streets.
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Obscura Antiques and Oddities
Tucked in the back of this amazing antique store is an important piece of medical history.
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Roosevelt Island Smallpox Hospital Ruins
A crumbling hospital from the 1850s on Roosevelt Island.
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Explorers Club Headquarters
A treasure trove of artifacts, books, and artwork from the "golden age" of exploration.
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Mmuseumm
A tiny museum housed in a New York freight elevator specializes in the "overlooked, dismissed, or ignored."
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The Evolution Store
A terrific purveyor of natural history objects and curios.
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Dream House
La Monte Young and Marian Zazeela's "Dream House" will immerse you in an ever changing world of sound and light.
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Lake Tear of the Clouds
Teddy Roosevelt’s famous “midnight ride to the presidency" started at this small lake high up in the Adirondacks.
