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Komodo Dragon Diorama
Here be dragons.
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Marble Hill
Manhattan and the Bronx have been playing tug-of-war over this former island neighborhood for more than a century.
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Economy Candy
Established in 1937, the oldest candy shop in New York City boasts a rainbow-colored inventory that would make Willy Wonka envious.
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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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Rivers Cosmogram
A memorial marks the library lobby where Langston Hughes' ashes are buried.
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Fliers and Explorers Globe
A prized globe signed by Amelia Earhart and Charles Lindbergh sits in the Brooklyn office of the American Geographical Society.
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Bryant Park Escape Hatch
A commemorative plaque hides a door that leads down to the New York Public Library's underground book bunker.
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The 'Goodnight Moon' House (Cobble Court)
Hidden behind a gate in Greenwich Village is a little farmhouse that once served as the writing studio of a bestselling author.
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Death Avenue Plaque
Manhattan's deadly West Side railroad, which killed hundreds of New Yorkers, is remembered by this simple plaque.
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Audubon Mural Project
Walking around West Harlem reveals a scavenger hunt of beautiful bird murals.
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New York Herald Monument
There are owls with glowing eyes in Herald Square.
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The Remnants of Tin Pan Alley
The one-time epicenter of American songwriting is now a little remembered Manhattan commercial block.
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African Burial Ground National Monument
This memorial honors thousands of enslaved Africans and their descendants who died in colonial New York.
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Broken Kilometer
One kilometer of thick brass rod laid out before your eyes.
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American Numismatic Society
Play heads or tails with thousands of different coins.
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Cathedral Peacock Hutch
A Gothic-style abode built to accommodate the church's three resident peacocks.
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Shinran Statue
Hiroshima survivor on Riverside Drive.
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Second Avenue Subway Art
Beautiful mosaics cover the first stations opened on New York City's newest subway line.
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Collyer Brothers Park
Harlem park dedicated to compulsive hoarders killed by their own junk.
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The Old McGraw-Hill Building
Captain America, Sub-Mariner, and the Human Torch were all born in this art deco Manhattan masterpiece.
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300 West 38th Street
Cheap pizza and all of your naughty bedroom needs housed in a stunning example of Art Nouveau architecture.
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Bennett Park
The highest point on the island known for buildings that touch the sky.
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Site of Columbia University's Nuclear Reactor
This was one of the first (and last) university-built and operated nuclear reactors.
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The Standard Oil Building
This curved Manhattan building was built to house the opulence of John D. Rockefeller's oil empire.
