New York, New York
United Nations Delegates Lounge
What happens here stays here – unless it affects the whole world.
Places icarus404 Wants to Go
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Places I want to go
Places on this traveler's wishlist.
Brooklyn, New York
Gottlieb's Restaurant
One of the few Glatt kosher delis in the United States is a cornerstone of its Hasidic neighborhood.
New York, New York
Site of Columbia University's Nuclear Reactor
This was one of the first (and last) university-built and operated nuclear reactors.
New York, New York
The Standard Oil Building
This curved Manhattan building was built to house the opulence of John D. Rockefeller's oil empire.
Queens, New York
Steinway Piano Factory
Piano-making empire filled with 200-year-old steam machines still churning out 1,000 instruments a year.
New York, New York
767 Third Avenue
A Manhattan office building is home to the world’s largest chess board.
New York, New York
The Oldest Fence in New York
Built hundreds of years ago this downtown iron barrier once protected a much despised king.
New York, New York
Union Square Metronome
The most confusing clock in New York.
Brooklyn, New York
Masstransiscope
A modern zoetrope on the New York City subway.
Queens, New York
The Birthplace of Scrabble
A uniquely lettered street sign marks the corner where the iconic word game was invented.
New York, New York
Giant Needle and Button
There must be a pun in this haystack somewhere...
Brooklyn, New York
Museum of Food and Drink
Here, exhibits come with a side of edible history.
New York, New York
One Times Square
This historic address is home to the beloved ball and is an almost totally empty building among the most expensive real estate in the world.
New York, New York
Plaque of Nikola Tesla on Radio Wave Building
The former hotel where Tesla invented the radio.
New York, New York
New York City Police Museum
Hear the tales of New York's most notorious criminals.
New York, New York
Power Station
One of the last full-orchestra recording studios in New York City and an acoustical marvel.
New York, New York
Sidewalk Subway Map
Plot your trip through the city on the sidewalk.
New York, New York
The Daily News Building Globe
Spinning silently in the lobby of an Art Deco masterwork is a massive vintage model of the Earth.
Queens, New York
The Underground Home
A hyper-luxurious, 12,000- square foot home might be buried beneath Queens, still waiting to protect you from nuclear missiles.
New York, New York
Private Passage
Wine bottle sculpture with a ship's stateroom inside.
New York, New York
Governors Island
Lie in a hammock where George Washington stood.
Queens, New York
Panorama of the City of New York
The crown jewel of the Queens Museum is a nearly 10,000-square-foot architectural model of the city originally built for the 1964 World's Fair.
New York, New York
Titanic Memorial
Manhattan's lighthouse, erected at the insistence of the unsinkable Molly Brown.
New York, New York
The Sisyphus Stones
Hordes of precariously balanced stone figures crowd the shores of the Hudson River.
