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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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The American Merchant Mariner's Memorial
Twice a day one of these tragic bronze mariners drowns with the tide to remember all those the sea has taken.
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The Brown Building
The site of the deadly Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire.
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Museum of American Finance
Ever wanted the laymen's version of your credit card fine print?
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Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace Museum
The rough and tumble president's childhood home displays the shirt he was once shot in and the speech that saved him.
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41 Cooper Square
This exemplar of modernist architecture is meant to captivate and inspire students of the Cooper Union.
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The Wishbones of McSorley's Old Ale House
Touching mementoes from those who didn't make it back from World War I still hang in one of New York's oldest bars.
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One Times Square
This historic address is home to the beloved ball and is an almost totally empty building among the most expensive real estate in the world.
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Nikola Tesla Street Corner
Commemorating the spot where the famous scientist fed his pigeons.
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Wall Street Bombing Scars
Unrepaired walls from a 1920 anarchist bomb attack.
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'Life Underground' Sculptures
An artist's cute bronze subway sculptures belie his violent artistic past.
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Governors Island
Lie in a hammock where George Washington stood.
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Toynbee Tiles
Cryptic messages embedded in the New York City sidewalk.
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Fraunces Tavern
This Wall Street bar was once a hub of revolutionary activity where Washington famously bid farewell to his troops.
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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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Merchant's House Museum
New York City's only preserved family home from the 19th century.
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C. O. Bigelow Apothecary
The oldest operating apothecary in the US has treated everyone from Thomas Edison to Mark Twain.
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REACH: New York
Hidden in plain sight on a pair of Manhattan subway tunnels are a pair of public instruments that sing to each other.
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Angel Orensanz Foundation
The oldest surviving synagogue in New York City is now a soaring art space.
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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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Trinity Churchyard
This cemetery has graves dating back to the 17th century, including the city's oldest carved tombstone and an ominous cryptogram.
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Museum of Sex
A semi-scholarly approach to sex.
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Hess Triangle
New York City's smallest piece of private property.
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Chinatown Ice Cream Factory
Order scoops of pandan, lychee, and black sesame at this family-run institution.
