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Spinning silently in the lobby of an Art Deco masterwork is a massive vintage model of the Earth.

The site of a tragic massacre that spawned a multimedia franchise.

The beautiful tunnel that ran from the lobby to Penn Station is still hidden underneath 34th Street.

This former Norwegian sailor's church is slowly being taken over by ramshackle robot musicians.

Leaf through over 30,000 artists' sketchbooks in what may be the world's largest collection of doodles

Cryptic messages embedded in the New York City sidewalk.

For over 80 years, Mayan ruins stood proudly in a most unlikely location.

Manhattan's lighthouse, erected at the insistence of the unsinkable Molly Brown.

The end of the 4 Line is also the end of the line for 300,000 souls in one of NYC's most illustrious cemeteries.

Nondescript elevator doors open to reveal a stunning, surreal world.

Lie in a hammock where George Washington stood.

America's greatest forgotten garden and the former stomping grounds of Son of Sam.

In the middle of downtown Brooklyn lies a 165 year old secret hidden right below the surface (closed to the public indefinitely).

Plot your trip through the city on the sidewalk.

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."

For over 30 years the walls of this Harlem schoolyard have been a gallery of street art by "Kings and better."

The final resting place of the great escape artist, where some still gather to wait for his escape from death.

The remnants of two World's Fairs are here, complete with a 12-story globe, a mini-Manhattan, and a UFO-shaped pavilion.

An unrealized dream to wirelessly electrify the entire Earth.

A hidden "place of interment for gentlemen."

The oldest surviving synagogue in New York City is now a soaring art space.

This sculpture by artist Fritz Keonig survived the 9/11 attacks and now stands as a monument to the victims.

Great place to have a drink and a bite to eat in an atmosphere laden with New York's Bohemian past.

The name of this famed hospital was once a byword for the horrors of medical and psychiatric care.