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Tompkins Square Temperance Fountain
A reminder to choose water over wine since 1888.
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Places I want to go
Places on this traveler's wishlist.
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Museum of the American Gangster
This little museum is built on a theater that was once a wildly elaborate speakeasy.
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Please Don't Tell
Dodge prohibitionists and slide through the telephone booth in Crif Dogs.
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Modern Love Club
This narrow shop in the East Village hosts a matchmaking service for the new millennium.
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Russian and Turkish Baths Cafe
Have a steam and some blini at this cafe in a century-old bathhouse.
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The Players
A posh members-only club with a literally dramatic history.
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Zaragoza Mexican Deli and Grocery
Behind a grungy bodega facade, a Poblano family serves rich, home-cooked meals.
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New York's Hidden Tropical Forest
A miniature rainforest is growing inside of a Midtown Manhattan office building.
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The Daily News Building Globe
Spinning silently in the lobby of an Art Deco masterwork is a massive vintage model of the Earth.
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Sakagura
More than 250 sakes are available in an izakaya hidden in the basement of a Midtown office building.
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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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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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Track 61
This abandoned subway station beneath the Waldorf-Astoria hotel is allegedly used to secretly transport presidents.
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Water Tower
This translucent sculpture represents a quintessential component of New York City's skyline.
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William J. Syms Operating Theatre
Once considered the height of medical modernity, this structure is now the oldest remaining component of Roosevelt Hospital.
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Wild Bird Fund
New York City's only wildlife rehabilitation center treats more than 3,000 feathered and furry patients each year.
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The Conjuring Arts Research Center
Unlock the secrets of the conjuring arts.
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MoMath - The Museum of Mathematics
A Pythagorean funhouse that tries, successfully, to prove that math is the coolest thing ever.
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Stationary Figures Mosaics
Stunningly detailed mosaics in a New York subway station bring life to the Weimaraners of artist William Wegman's work—and to thousands of commutes.
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Ancient Egyptian Beef Shoulder
Even for Egyptian royalty, the afterlife was bring-your-own-beef.
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NYC Barber Museum
This nostalgic blast from the grooming past is also a working barbershop.
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The Wertheim Study
This study room in the New York Public Library saw the creation of one of contemporary America's greatest traitors.
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Times Square Station Fake Tiles
Fake subway tiles were installed to cover a design that resembled the Confederate flag—it's unclear if the resemblance was intentional.
