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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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Places I want to go
Places on this traveler's wishlist.
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Bristol Basin
A small part of lower Manhattan is actually made from a bit of England.
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New York's Oldest Phone Number
Need to book a room at the Hotel Pennsylvania? Just dial up 6-5000.
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West Side Cow Tunnels
NYC's legendary underground network for bovine transportation.
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The Hidden Art Deco Tunnel Underneath the New Yorker Hotel
The beautiful tunnel that ran from the lobby to Penn Station is still hidden underneath 34th Street.
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New Yorker Hotel
The New York hotel where tragic visionary Nikola Tesla spent his final hours, destitute and alone but for the pigeons.
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The Wizard of Park Avenue
A whimsical, but often overlooked clock in Park Avenue.
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Houdini Revealed
Hidden in an ordinary Midtown building is a one-room museum dedicated to the greatest escape artist.
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The New York New Church
Join in a Seance at the Swedenborgian Church.
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Brooklyn Ice Cream Factory
The factory for the popular Dumbo location, the Greenpoint shop is a quiet gem.
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Giant Needle and Button
There must be a pun in this haystack somewhere...
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Nikola Tesla Street Corner
Commemorating the spot where the famous scientist fed his pigeons.
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The Secret Entrance to the Knickerbocker Hotel
An unassuming secret door once led to a legendary watering hole.
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The Wendel House
The former home of the reclusive "Weird Wendels" who dominated New York real estate a century before Donald Trump.
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The Real Winnie the Pooh & Pals
The original toys that inspired the beloved children's stories are on display at the New York Public Library.
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Grand Central Terminal Whispering Gallery
Whisper secrets in a busy station only to be heard on the other side of this acoustic arch.
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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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Calvary Cemetery
Holding the most bodies of any cemetery in the United States.
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Geographic Center of New York City
This mysterious marker puzzles pedestrians and infuriates geographers.
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Track 61
This abandoned subway station beneath the Waldorf-Astoria hotel is allegedly used to secretly transport presidents.
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Greenacre Park
Read a book next to a Midtown waterfall.
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6 1/2 Avenue: Manhattan’s Secret Street
Tucked away amidst some of the most famous addresses in the world is New York’s only fraction of a street.
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Materials for the Arts
A New York warehouse filled with an enormous amount of goods saved from the landfills and donated for creative use.
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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.
