New York, New York
Union Square Metronome
The most confusing clock in New York.
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Places I've been
Places this traveler has marked as been there.
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14th Street-Union Square Moving Platforms
The only subway station in the city that still makes use of gap fillers.
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Relics of the IRT 14th Street-Union Square Subway Local Platform
Red frames showcase remnants of one of New York's original subway stations.
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Tammany Hall
The notorious headquarters of a corrupt political machine.
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The "Irving House"
Nope, not Washington Irving's house.
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AntonÃn Dvořák's Home
The place where Dvořák composed some of his most famous works.
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Bellevue Hospital
The name of this famed hospital was once a byword for the horrors of medical and psychiatric care.
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Rose Hill Historic House
The origins of midtown Manhattan's anachronistic wooden farmhouse remain a mystery.
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Saint Vartan Armenian Cathedral
A replica of a 7th-century church hides in plain sight in the middle of the concrete jungle.
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Strawberry Fields Memorial
This mosaic dedicated to John Lennon was tended for years by a Beatles super-fan.
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Alice in Wonderland Statue
This whimsical group of statues is a favorite of children who love to climb all over Lewis Carroll's beloved characters.
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Lexington Candy Shop
The oldest family-run luncheonette in New York, last renovated in 1948, still serves food and drinks the old-fashioned way.
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Roosevelt Island Lighthouse
A little lighthouse in New York City, surrounded by mysterious stories of insanity-driven construction.
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Roosevelt Island Octagon Tower
A former insane asylum despised by Nelly Bly and Charles Dickens is now fashionable apartments.
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Roosevelt Island Tramway
One of only two commuter aerial tramways in the United States.
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Roosevelt Island Smallpox Hospital Ruins
A crumbling hospital from the 1850s on Roosevelt Island.
Queens, New York
Pulaski Bridge
A drawbridge named for a potentially intersex Polish national who fought alongside George Washington during the American Revolution, and an example of "Pulaski Red".
Permanently Closed
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5 Pointz
A graffiti Mecca welcoming artists from around the world.
Permanently Closed
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Egyptian Coffee Shop
Sip coffee and talk politics at this landmark cafe in Astoria's Little Egypt, a contender for the title of America's first hookah bar.
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Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Cemetery
The graveyard holds the remains of Irish immigrants who arrived in Queens after fleeing the Great Famine.
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The Welling Court Mural Project
A collaborative art project that transformed a neighborhood in NYC's Queens.
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Socrates Sculpture Park
This outdoor gallery of sculptures along the East River was once a landfill.
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The Noguchi Museum
A self-made museum in Queens, New York continues to display the work of a sculptor known for paving his own way.
Queens, New York
Nepali Bhanchha Ghar
Feast on some of the finest momos in all of Queens.
