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Hare Krishna Tree
One of the few remaining American elm trees in New York’s Tompkins Square Park was the birthplace of a new religion.
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Places I've been
Places this traveler has marked as been there.
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Giant Needle and Button
There must be a pun in this haystack somewhere...
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Grand Central Ceiling Dark Patch
A dark patch of the ceiling at Grand Central Terminal which was not restored is still stained brown by tobacco.
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The Oldest Fence in New York
Built hundreds of years ago this downtown iron barrier once protected a much despised king.
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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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Greenwich Locksmith
Phil Mortillaro uses keys to bring art back to the Village.
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The Hangman's Elm
The oldest living tree in Manhattan comes shrouded in sinister legend.
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Jeffrey's Hook Light
Little Red Lighthouse under the George Washington Bridge.
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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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Wall Street Bombing Scars
Unrepaired walls from a 1920 anarchist bomb attack.
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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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Plaque of Nikola Tesla on Radio Wave Building
The former hotel where Tesla invented the radio.
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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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Hamilton Grange
The only home that Alexander Hamilton ever owned has a history almost as troubled as his own.
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Jefferson Market Library
Named the fifth most beautiful building in America in 1885, this former courthouse boasts the best view in the Village.
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President Ulysses S. Grant's Tomb
Visit the monolithic tomb of America's most famous general.
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Toynbee Tiles
Cryptic messages embedded in the New York City sidewalk.
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Merchant's House Museum
New York City's only preserved family home from the 19th century.
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Titanic Memorial
Manhattan's lighthouse, erected at the insistence of the unsinkable Molly Brown.
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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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Crabs of Cleopatra’s Needle
Curious crustaceans support an obelisk from ancient Egypt that now stands in modern-day Central Park.
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Governors Island
Lie in a hammock where George Washington stood.
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The Manhattan Well Murder
A dark, dank room in subterranean Manhattan was the site of a ghastly murder.
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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.
