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New York Produce Exchange Property Marker
A well-worn marker in a forgotten alleyway is all that remains of what had been one of Manhattan's most beautiful buildings.
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Places I've been
Places this traveler has marked as been there.
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Irish Hunger Memorial
Blighted Irish field and the ruins of a 19th-century cottage on the edge of urban Manhattan.
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Berlin Wall Section
A celebration of capitalism in Midtown.
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The Double Check Businessman
This anonymous businessman sculpted in bronze became an enduring memorial after 9/11, and had been mistaken by rescue workers for a survivor in the rubble.
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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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Times Square Hum
A pedestrian island in the middle of world-famous Times Square emits a strange (and purposeful) humming noise.
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Greenacre Park
Read a book next to a Midtown waterfall.
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The Manhattan Eruv
This nearly invisible wire transforms much of the city into one big, symbolic home on the holy day.
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New York Cancer Hospital
This castle-like building in Manhattan helped destigmatize cancer in the 19th century.
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Oldest Manhole Cover
Walk over a 150 year old manhole.
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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."
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Private Passage
Wine bottle sculpture with a ship's stateroom inside.
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Changi Airport's Butterfly Garden
Watch butterflies take flight before you fly.
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Ábaco Libros y Café
A cozy bookstore and coffee shop in the heart of Cartagena's Old City.
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The Former Offices of McKim, Mead and White
The one-time office of the architectural firm that ushered in the Gilded Age is now a Club Monaco.
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The Lightship Frying Pan
Rummage through this sunken ship, but leave your scuba gear at home.
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Macy's Wooden Escalators
A bit of retro transportation flair preserved in the world's largest department store.
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Padre Pio Shrine
Church in Manhattan holds the bloody sock of Padre Pio, among with many other unusual relics.
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James Farley Post Office Museum
A grand New York post office that is home to mailman Santas, scraps of postal history, and a pneumatic mail system.
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Nikola Tesla Street Corner
Commemorating the spot where the famous scientist fed his pigeons.
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Nero Wolfe's Brownstone
The home of one of America's most beloved fictional characters has become a real world landmark.
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The Webster Apartments
This New York holdover was built to provide housing for shopgirls and still does not allow men above the lobby.
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West Side Cow Tunnels
NYC's legendary underground network for bovine transportation.
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El Sabroso
This semi-hidden Manhattan restaurant is based out of a loading dock.
