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.
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Places on this traveler's wishlist.
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The Marriage of Money and Real Estate
A sculptural commentary on capitalism pokes up from the East River.
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Dyckman Farmhouse
This Dutch Colonial home is the oldest remaining farmhouse in Manhattan.
New York, New York
Roosevelt Island Lighthouse
A little lighthouse in New York City, surrounded by mysterious stories of insanity-driven construction.
New York, New York
Jean-Michel Basquiat Commemorative Plaque
The artist and New York City icon lived, worked and died in this converted carriage house owned by another iconic artist, Andy Warhol.
New York, New York
Carnegie Hall Archives
More than 300,000 historical artifacts from the famous music venue, from Duke Ellington's handwritten score to The Beatles' booking slip.
New York, New York
Secret Apartment in the Fort Washington Library
This abandoned caretaker's apartment is one of 13 left in the New York Public Library system.
New York, New York
Shrine of Saint Frances Cabrini
The mummified relics of an American missionary.
New York, New York
Greenwich Locksmith
Phil Mortillaro uses keys to bring art back to the Village.
New York, New York
Jeffrey's Hook Light
Little Red Lighthouse under the George Washington Bridge.
New York, New York
Tammany Hall
The notorious headquarters of a corrupt political machine.
New York, New York
Lenin Statue at Red Square
Salute the leader of the proletariat.
New York, New York
Museum at Eldridge Street
America's oldest Eastern European synagogue provided the immigrants of crowded Lower East Side tenements a space of sanctuary.
New York, New York
The Lightship Frying Pan
Rummage through this sunken ship, but leave your scuba gear at home.
New York, New York
Church of the Intercession
A Manhattan Episcopal church with an eerie underground crypt.
New York, New York
The Sugar House Prison Window
An odd, ancient window that may have once been part of a brutal prison is embedded in the side of New York's Police Plaza.
New York, New York
Nikola Tesla Street Corner
Commemorating the spot where the famous scientist fed his pigeons.
New York, New York
The Burns Archive
A staggering collection of photographs depicting medical, social, and historical change.
New York, New York
Brooklyn Bridge Fallout Shelter
There’s a secret bunker inside the Brooklyn Bridge, but the city won’t say where.
New York, New York
Riot Grrrl Collection at NYU
A collection of fanzines, recordings, and documents detailing the rise and influence of the feminist punk movement.
New York, New York
Paley Park
A small peaceful park and waterfall tucked amid the urban grind of Midtown Manhattan.
New York, New York
The Forgotten Entrance to Clinton Hall
Hidden in one of New York's oldest subway stations is the final remnant of the site of the bizarre Shakespeare Riots.
New York, New York
The Relic Chapel at the Church of the Most Holy Redeemer
Relics given to a Manhattan church to avoid seizure by the Italian government.
New York, New York
Septuagesimo Uno
The name of this tiny pocket park tucked between two buildings on Manhattan's Upper West Side is Latin for its location: "seventy-one."
